title: Chronic neurotic and depressive disorders as posttraumatic reactions in the Polish Siberians.
abstract: The study "Chronic depressive and neurotic disorders as posttraumatic reactions in the Polish Siberians" focuses on the effect of traumatic factors in the form of chronic distress on mental and physical state. Test results confirmed earlier clinical observations of depressive and neurotic disorders, and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a reaction associated with an event a threat to life or to physical integrity, during with a person experience sever distress.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Psychiatry, Medical Academy of Białystok, Choroszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Adela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monieta
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Midro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012800:Siberia / Q000208:ethnology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological