9. Deployment
This study also looked at hypervigilance in relation to military deployment. Results show that deployment alone is enough to cause hypervigilance unrelated to PTSD. Veterans without PTSD reported experiencing hypervigilance at the same frequency as study participants with PTSD from a non-deployment-related trauma and at a much higher level than civilians without PTSD. This strongly indicates that deployment to a war zone is enough to cause hypervigilance that continues after return to civilian life.
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