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This affidavit discusses the possible relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use in a military court-martial matter. It recounts counsel’s reported case background and summarizes research on PTSD and substance use disorders, including studies gathered in an appendix.
This compilation reviews research on how trauma and stress can affect memory, including stability, recall, organization, and susceptibility to later information. Its cited studies describe varied findings, such as memory impairments or disorganization in some samples and vulnerability to misinformation, so it does not treat every traumatic memory as either uniformly accurate or uniformly impaired.
This collection summarizes research and clinical articles concerning dissociative disorders, malingering, and diagnostic questions in forensic contexts. The entries address self-report measures, differential diagnosis, simulated symptoms, memory, and the dissociative subtype of PTSD.
This resource surveys PTSD symptoms, diagnostic questions, and research on how traumatic experiences may affect people. It includes discussion of hyperarousal, intrusive recollection, avoidance and emotional numbing, alongside studies addressing stress responses, childhood trauma, and cognitive or biological findings.
Research on PTSD and memory examines both memory impairment and the way traumatic recollections may be fragmented or intrusive. The compilation summarizes studies of trauma-related remembering and forgetting, including dissociation, autobiographical memory, and narrative features associated with PTSD symptoms.
The articles examine feigned or simulated PTSD, assessment challenges, and the distinction between malingering and factitious presentations. A simulation study found that direct trauma exposure was associated with somewhat greater reported PTSD severity than indirect exposure, while symptom-validity profiles showed little difference apart from the total screening score.
Research on delayed PTSD considers whether symptoms begin after a substantial interval or are recognized later, with studies reporting differing estimates across populations. A review of Vietnam veteran treatment samples found reported onset delays in 35% to 50% and awareness delays in 60% to 65%, often alongside intervening negative life events.
The US National Center for PTSD summarizes the DSM-5 diagnostic framework, which organizes PTSD criteria around trauma exposure, re-experiencing, avoidance, negative changes in thoughts or mood, and arousal or reactivity. It also reviews revisions from DSM-IV and reports that national prevalence estimates were typically about one percentage point lower under DSM-5.
The studies examine reported links between PTSD and aggressive or violent behavior, including cases in which flashbacks involved misidentifying another person as a threatening figure. Other research compares aggression among combat veterans with and without PTSD, illustrating that findings arise from particular samples and study designs.
