Abstract
Eighteen years after their participation in the Yom Kippur War, the psychiatric status of two groups of Israeli veterans-112 combat stress reaction casualties and 189 comparable controls-was assessed. Casualties had higher rates and greater intensity of posttraumatic stress disorder than did controls, both initially and at 18-year follow-up. Similarly, intrusion and avoidance tendencies and psychiatric symptomatology were evidenced more often by combat stress reaction casualties than by controls. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 152-160 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1996 |