Intergenerational Transmission of Terror

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trauma; Anxiety; Stress Disorders

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00320437

terror HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our aim is examine avenues by which mothers can transmit their trauma to their children.

Full description

The goal of the study is to test for genetic bases and Gene x Environment interactions on the development of difficulties, particularly stress disorders, in young children whose mother were exposed to terror before they were born.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women who were exposed to terror in the last 5 years
• Matched Controls

Exclusion criteria

• Does not speak Hebrew or English