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Employment Outcomes and PTSD Symptom Severity

Employment and earnings data were used to analyze how symptom severity correlates with work status, occupation type, and earnings among 325 male Vietnam-era Veterans with severe or very severe PTSD. Veterans with more severe PTSD symptoms were more likely to work part-time or not at all.
2005
Smith, M.W.
Schnurr, P.P.
Rosenhack, R.A.

Newly Reported Hypertension after Military Combat Deployment in a Large Population-based Study

36,061 U.S. Service members from all branches of the military were included in a study examining the relationship between combat deployment-induced stress and hypertension. 6% of the deployers with multiple combat exposures reported new hypertension compared to 7% in the general population.
2009
Granado, N.S.
Smith, T.C.
Swanson, M.
Harris, R.B.
Shahar, E.
Smith, B.,
Boyko, E.J.
Wells, T.S.
Ryan, M.A.K.