About the Authors

Patcho N. Santiago

patcho.santiago@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Ursano

Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christine L. Gray

Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert S. Pynoos

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David Spiegel

Affiliation Stanford University School of Medicine, Center on Stress and Health, Stanford, California, United States of America

Roberto Lewis-Fernandez

Affiliation Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Matthew J. Friedman

Affiliation Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, White River Junction, Vermont, and the Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Carol S. Fullerton

Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJU PNS CLG CSF. Performed the experiments: RJU PNS CLG CSF. Analyzed the data: RJU PNS CLG CSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSP DS RLF MJF. Wrote the paper: PNS RJU CLG RSP DS RLF MJF CSF.