title: War Sailor syndrome.
abstract: One third of the Norwegian sailors in the merchant navy, who survived World War II, are today disabled and on invalid pension. The majority suffer from a syndrome which is very similar to that present in the concentration camp survivors. The syndrome falls into two parts, the one consisting of non-neurotic anxiety repeating the terrors of war time, the other being a brain-organic one. This last part has in a few cases been confirmed by neuroradiology and neuropsychology. This is taken as an indicator that prolonged stress, as constant fear of death, may cause brain damage without physical trauma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013577:Syndrome