Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. In DSM-IV (1994), PTSD was classified as an anxiety disorder. DSM-5 (2013) has moved PTSD out of the anxiety disorders section into a newly created section, “Trauma- and stressor- related disorders.”
Vaage AB, Thomsen PH, Rousseau C, Wentzel-Larsen T, Ta TV, Hauff E.Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2011 Jan 10;5(1):2. BACKGROUND: Intergenerational transmission of trauma as a determinant of mental health has been studied in the offspring of Holocaust survivors and combat veterans, and in refugee families. Mainly negative effects on the children are reported, while […]
Ganz D, Sher LDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USAMinerva Pediatr. 2010 Aug;62(4):363-70. Recently, the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescence is higher than the prevalence of PTSD in adult populations. PTSD and suicidality are often found in populations of adolescents presenting with other emotional […]
Jones E, Wessely S.King’s Centre for Military Health Research, London. 20 Century Br Hist. 2010;21(2):163-83. In contemporary culture, soldiers held as prisoners-of-war (POWs) or as hostages are considered at significant risk of mental illness, in particular post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This assumption contrasts with the psychiatric orthodoxy of the First World War when it was […]
Mihaljevic S, Vuksan-Cusa B, Marcinko D, Koic E, Kuševic Z, Jakovljevic M.Psychiatry Department, General Hospital Virovitica, Gajeva, Virovitica, CroatiaJ Relig Health. 2010 Aug 7. We present our preliminary results of work that aims to observe the relationship between the cortisol level, the level of spiritual well-being, and suicidal tendencies in Croatian war veterans suffering from […]
Tatu L, Bogousslavsky J, Moulin T, Chopard JL. Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, CHU Jean-Minjoz, Boulevard Fleming, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France Neurology. 2010 Jul 20;75(3):279-83 The French neurologists and psychiatrists who were mobilized during the Great War were confronted with numerous soldiers with war neuroses, often with novel clinical manifestations such as camptocormia. They addressed hysteria […]
Sher L.Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA.Med Hypotheses. 2009 Aug;73(2):215-9. Many wars have been fought during the history of civilization. About 30 armed conflicts are occurring now around the globe involving more than 25 countries. Many war veterans have […]
Byers MG, Allison KM, Wendel CS, Lee JK.Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2010 Jun;30(3):225-9. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder experienced by combat veterans. Nighttime symptoms are often unrelieved by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy, and increased use of prazosin or quetiapine for treatment is seen. […]
Kimerling R, Street AE, Pavao J, Smith MW, Cronkite RC, Holmes TH, Frayne SM.VA Palo Alto Health Care System.Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17. We examined military-related sexual trauma among deployed Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Of 125729 veterans who received Veterans Health Administration primary care or mental health services, 15.1% […]
Sher L.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. The concept of the placebo effect has received a considerable attention over the past several decades. The placebo effect has been observed in different psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a chronic and severe disorder precipitated by exposure to a […]
Jakupcak M, Cook J, Imel Z, Fontana A, Rosenheck R, McFall M.Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.J Trauma Stress. 2009 Aug;22(4):303-6. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was examined as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans (N = 407) referred […]
