• Experts believe that some personality types are addicted to stress.
• Young women who undergo repeated sexual assaults at a high risk for PTSD.
• Stress during pregnancy is linked with delivering pre-term babies.
• The proposed DSM-V changes to the diagnosis for PTSD will not substantially affect the number of people who meet criteria for it, according to researchers.

Heather Rudow is a staff writer for Counseling Today. Email her at hrudow@counseling.org.