Abnormal Neurological Examinations in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Neurological soft signs highest in women with sexual abuse as child and men with combat related PTSD compared to women sexually abused but without PTSD and men without combat. Individuals with PTSD have more neurodevelopmental problems, more childhood ADHD symptoms, and lower IQ’s. (A study in the 1980's found every man they studied with PTSD from combat also had the BPD) (Arch Gen Psych Feb 2000, Gurvitz, T; Gilbertson, M)