iation between trauma and poor health
. PTSD and exposure to traumatic experiences are associated with a variety of health-threatening behaviors, such as alcohol and drug use, risky sexual practices, and suicidal ideation and gestures
. PTSD is associated with an increased number of both lifetime and current physical symptoms, and PTSD severity is positively related to self-reports of physical conditions (Prins et al., 2008, p. 1).
There are any number of reasons why soldiers returning from Iraq are vulnerable to PTSD. Zoroya (2008), for example, indicated that soldiers in combat who have seen peers killed were twice as likely to experience PTSD as were individuals who did not witness the death of friends. Additionally, as the number of
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