[Specific psychopathological reactions in the civilian population with and without experience of war trauma].
OBJECTIVE
The examined differences and specificities of psychological symptoms between two groups of subject with experience and without experience under siege and war operations.


METHODS
The sample includes two groups of 50 subjects. The first group experienced the trauma of siege and war operations, and the second group were living in the place without siege and war operations. The following measures were used: General Questionnaire social and demographic characteristics of the subjects before and after the war, SCL-90-R by the author Derogatis, for the registration of psychopathological symptoms, Mississippi Questionnaire by the Keane, for PTSD.


RESULTS
The drop in social and economic status is much more profound in subjects who experienced the trauma of siege and war operations compared to other group without the trauma of siege and war operations. All nine SCL 90-R subscales show statistically significant difference in more pronounced psychopathological responses in subjects who experienced the trauma of siege and war operations relative to subjects without the trauma of siege and war operations. The Mississippi questionnaire shows significant differences in PTSD between the two groups and higher scores for the subjects who experienced the trauma of siege and war operations.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on the results war is the most intense form of trauma leading to intensive psychopathological responses including chronic PTSD. Results show that the psychopathological response is most intense and most frequent in the population of subjects who experienced the trauma of siege and war operations compared to the other group without the trauma of siege and war operations.
Kucukalić
Abdulah
A
Psihijatrijska klinika, Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
Bravo-Mehmedbasić
Alma
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D000328:Adult; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014857:Warfare