Heart Rate Assessment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Military Veterans: A Narrative Literature Review

摘要

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is apsychiatric condition affecting as much as 20% of thereturning veterans from the current wars in Afghanistan andIraq (Ramchand et al., 2010). Due to its prevalence,assessment and intervention methods for PTSD symptomsamong veterans are timely to ensure veterans’ faster recoveryand their reintegration into society.