Health effects of war stress on Norwegian World War II resistance groups: a comparative study.
The main aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which adverse long-term health effects of World War II stress exposure were present in 3 groups of resistance veterans. The groups had been exposed to different types of war stressors: concentration camp incarceration, resistance participation within the illegal press, and a secret military organization. With the differences in war stressors as a basis, we assumed that those incarcerated in a concentration camp would display more adverse health effect compared to the resistance veterans. The findings point to a relationship between the severity of war stressors and postwar health in all 3 groups.
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Ellinor F
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Division of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo/The Joint Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services, Norway. ebm@shdir.no
D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009664:Norway; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014857:Warfare