[Long-term stress residuals in former prisoners of the Yom Kippur War].
This study examines long-term adjustment following war captivity. 164 former prisoners-of-war (POWs) and 189 other combatants of the Yom Kippur War (1973) filled out a battery of questionnaires, assessing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma-related intrusive and avoidance tendencies, psychiatric symptomatology, and social functioning. Almost 2 decades after the war, 13% of former POWs suffer from diagnosed PTSD. Moreover, long-term residuals of war captivity are not limited to trauma-specific disorders. Former POWs reported more severe psychiatric symptomatology and more problems in functioning than the other combatants.
Solomon
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Mental Health Dept., Medical Corps, Israel Defence Forces.
Neria
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Ohry
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare