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Combat-Related Disorders: A Persistent Chimera

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2008
Whilst there may be some individuals who genuinely enjoy combat, for most troops it represents many emotional challenges, such as, overcoming fear and being witness to death, suffering and mutilation, as well as having to tolerate extremes of physical discomfort.At present we lack sufficiently valid and reliable methods of screening out those personnel
D A, Alexander, S, Klein
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Meanings of combat and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1981
The authors use the concept of "meanings of combat" to explain combat veterans' different reactions to war experiences, particularly the development of a posttraumatic stress disorder after combat. The authors present four case reports to illustrate some of the different meanings of combat and the ways such meanings relate to stress disorder and ...
H, Hendin, A, Pollinger, P, Singer, R B, Ulman   +3 more
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Anger and combat‐related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2002
AbstractWe examined whether combat‐related PTSD was differentially associated with particular dimensions of anger on two multi‐index, psychometric instruments and whether the proportion of variation in PTSD scores explained by anger was significantly greater than that by demographic and exposure variables.
Raymond W, Novaco, Claude M, Chemtob
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Posttraumatic stress disorder in combat veterans

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2014
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects up to 18% of combat veterans, many of whom will seek care from clinicians outside the military healthcare system. This article reviews the epidemiology, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and referral options for PTSD so that PAs in primary care can recognize and appropriately manage patients with
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Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Families

2013
A series of studies have demonstrated that post- traumatic stress disorder in war veterans may cause serious problems in husband-wife relationships. These problems reduce the relationship satisfaction in both partners and may cause redistribution of family roles.
Frančišković, Tanja, Klarić, Miro, Stevanović, Aleksandra   +2 more
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Reactivation of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1987
The authors conducted an exploratory study of the nature and course of reactivation of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Experienced psychiatrists, they each independently assessed 35 men with recurrent combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
Z, Solomon, R, Garb, A, Bleich, D, Grupper   +3 more
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Topiramate in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2009
Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling psychiatric disorder that is common among combat veterans and may lead to very poor sleep and disturbing nightmares. Objective: To examine the safety and effectiveness of ...
Christopher P, Alderman, Linda C, McCarthy, John T, Condon, Anita C, Marwood, Judith R, Fuller   +4 more
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Combating Crime, Disorder and Drugs

2006
This chapter considers the development of networks designed to combat crime, disorder and drug misuse within the United Kingdom since the 1980s. These networks are largely designated partnerships within the literature. The period covered by this review reveals three distinct approaches to partnership development in this sector which are themselves ...
Perri Six, Nick Goodwin, Edward Peck, Tim Freeman   +3 more
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Personality disorders in treatment-seeking combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1993
Many patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to have co-occurring symptoms of character pathology; however, to date there have been no empirical studies of comorbid clinician-rated axis II personality disorders in war veterans with chronic PTSD.
S M, Southwick, R, Yehuda, E L, Giller
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World Assumptions and Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The Journal of Social Psychology, 2004
The authors examined the association between (a) personal world assumptions and (b) combat stress reactions (CSRs), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and PTSD's course among three groups of Israeli veterans: 109 veterans who suffered from CSR on the battlefield, 98 decorated veterans, and 189 control participants.
Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., Elklit, Ask, Ginsburg, K.   +3 more
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