Studies indicate that children and grandchildren of trauma survivors often suffer with various mood disorders—such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder—as well as PTSD. They have more risk factors for developing substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder as well.| Fair Oaks Recovery Center
Background The intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from parent to offspring has been suggested in the literature, but this is highly controversial. We aimed to study the association between veterans’ war exposure and lifetime PTSD and the psychological characteristics of their respective offspring, 40 years after war-related trauma. Methods Forty-four adult offspring of veterans with PTSD and 29 offspring of veterans without PTSD were included in the study...| BioMed Central
