title: Agent Orange exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder.
abstract: Evidence of organic psychological deficits in Vietnam veterans exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange was established through a neuropsychological battery. Also, the exposed Vietnam veterans, in contrast to a matched control group of Vietnam veterans, showed a significantly higher rate of posttraumatic stress disorder and its associated features: depression, anxiety, and increased aggression. The latter was subdivided into uncontrollable pressures, verbal violence, violence against objects, assaults, and suicidal thoughts. Active cases of chloracne, a medical indicator, were used to determine Agent Orange exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000506:poisoning*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000506:poisoning*; D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000139:chemically induced; D000328:Adult; D000075182:Agent Orange; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004147:Dioxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014728:Veterans; D014744:Vietnam
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000075182:Agent Orange; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid