Men’s Health Spotlight: Testosterone & Resilience

One emerging area of interest is testosterone levels and trauma response in first responders and military personnel. A longitudinal study of over 900 male soldiers found that pre-deployment testosterone levels were linked to later PTSD symptoms—suggesting that maintaining healthy hormone levels before trauma exposure may play a role in resilience post-deployment.

Read the full peer-reviewed study here: “The effect of deployment to a combat zone on testosterone levels and the association with the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms” – Psychoneuroendocrinology, Reijnen et al. (2015). 👉 PubMed Link