The psychosocial adjustment of Australian Vietnam veterans.
The authors reviewed the case records of a random sample of 126 Australian Vietnam veteran inpatients, recorded the diagnostic and background data, and made new DSM-III diagnoses. Neurotic disorders accounted for 49% of the primary or secondary diagnoses. Only 10% of the overall sample had a primary diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder but 27% of the veterans who had seen combat had a primary diagnosis of the disorder. Twenty-nine percent of the overall sample were given a primary diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence. The early developmental environment of the overall sample frequently included poor parent-child relationships, high rates of parental separation, and family histories dominated by parental alcohol abuse.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D001315:Australia; D002657:Child Development; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D004243:Divorce; D006760:Hospitalization; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam