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7. Causes

One study shows that the causes of hypervigilance are not as predictable as initially thought. Researchers assumed that assessing multiple factors could predict hypervigilance; these factors include trauma without PTSD, military training, and depression. However, the data indicates that only military deployment and PTSD (with military deployment or civilian trauma) were predictive factors.

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