Wondering if this was true for girls as well as boys. Boys tend to be diagnosed at higher rates, though the prevalence is — now — understood to be the same. For

Wondering if this was true for girls as well as boys. Boys tend to be diagnosed at higher rates, though the prevalence is — now — understood to be the same. For years girls and women went undiagnosed with both conditions. It was only after Van der Kolk characterized PTSD in male veterans that he noticed his female patients — who had never been to war, but were subject to many other kinds of abuse - exhibited similar symptoms. We’re still learning about how different kinds of trauma effect the neuroendocrine system, and gender bias makes it harder to study. I’m very much hoping those biases can be corrected in future medical research (and indeed, I know many younger researchers are acutely aware of the problem and are working to rectify it).