Development of a PTSD Population Registry

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to develop the first longitudinal registry of combat-exposed men and women with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This registry will provide essential data on the natural history and outcomes associated with PTSD in military service men and women who have utilized the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. An additional goal of this project is to determine risk factors for PTSD among combat-exposed service men and women by incorporating a combat-exposed non-PTSD group of veterans into the registry. Thus, the registry will allow an evaluation of current theoretical models of symptom development in a large sample of service men and women who utilize the VA medical system. There are no findings to report at this time as the project protocol was recently approved by OHRP on August 8, 2009. Now that OHRP and all site IRB approvals have been obtained, the pilot phase is slated to begin in September 2009.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA516335

Entities

People

  • Terence M. Keane

Organizations

  • Boston VA Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Biomedical Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Operations
  • Mental Health
  • National Governments
  • Natural History
  • Risk Factors
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

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