菲律宾青少年和年轻女性月经周期与PTSD症状的关系初步研究

Women are at greater risk and maintain PTSD throughout their lifetime, and identification of etiology in the disproportionate development and preservation of trauma can be the key to formulating better treatment and management of the debilitating disorder. Sex-specific mechanisms have been implicated as a risk and a maintaining biological factor of PTSD in women. Yet, the role of the menstrual phase and its reflection of the gonadal hormone estradiol as a possible biological factor is not well understood. The study intended to determine and explore the possible association of menstrual phase a