[Intensification of post-traumatic stress disorder of Siberian deportees from the North-East region of Poland].
OBJECTIVE
Presentation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder based on the approach of various authors concentrating, upon the concept of the American classification: DSM III (1980) and DSM IV (1994). We acknowledged the necessity of displaying empirical results of intensification of PTSD among the Siberian deportees population in the region of North-East part of Poland.


METHODS
In our analysis, we stressed the importance of the distant in time, psychological consequences of dwelling in extremely difficult living conditions that often threatened the life of those who had been deported to Siberia between 1939 and 1956. 40 "Siberian deportees" (20 men and 20 women) were examined. The method of PTSD-Interview (PTSD-I) was used here in order to obtain, in each individual case, the indicatory number indispensable for the statistical analysis.


CONCLUSIONS
An average result of PTSD intensification in the case of women reaches a "very significant" level and in the case of men it is even higher. The disparity between the average results of women and of men are statistically significant (p<0.05). This research has confirmed the assumptions that suffering from trauma in the early stage of development (within the age range of 8-15) leaves a permanent mark in the human psyche. Statistical analysis revealed a high level of intensification of PTSD among the population of the "Siberian deportees" from the North-East region of Poland.
Monieta
Adela
A
Kliniki Psychiatrii AM w Białymstoku.
Anczurowski
Wojciech
W
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003209:Concentration Camps; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012800:Siberia; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires