title: Acute stress symptoms during the second Lebanon war in a random sample of Israeli citizens.
abstract: The aims of this study were to assess prevalence of acute stress disorder (ASD) and acute stress symptoms (ASS) in Israel during the second Lebanon war. A telephone survey was conducted in July 2006 of a random sample of 235 residents of northern Israel, who were subjected to missile attacks, and of central Israel, who were not subjected to missile attacks. Results indicate that ASS scores were higher in the northern respondents; 6.8% of the northern sample and 3.9% of the central sample met ASD criteria. Appearance of each symptom ranged from 15.4% for dissociative to 88.4% for reexperiencing, with significant differences between northern and central respondents only for reexperiencing and arousal. A low ASD rate and a moderate difference between areas subjected and not subjected to attack were found.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. cohenm@research.haifa.ac.il
authors.forename: Miri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yahav
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D040701:Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014857:Warfare