Diagnostic Status and Treatment Recommendations for Persian Gulf War Veterans with Multiple Nonspecific Symptoms

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Predicting alcohol and drug abuse in Persian Gulf War veterans: what role do PTSD symptoms play?

This study is a prospective longitudinal examination of symptoms of drug and alcohol use (SUD) and PTSD symptoms in 1006 veterans in the 6 years (T3) following return from the Persian Gulf War (PGW). Both alcohol and drug use at T3 were significantly correlated with demographic variables and all three types of PTSD symptoms (reexperiencing, avoidance, and arousal) as measured at T2. Hierarchica...

Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

In 1990 and 1991, approximately 697,000 U.S. troops were deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The United States suffered relatively few casualties during the brief air and ground war against Iraq. Since returning home, however, many veterans have developed illnesses that appear to be related to their military service in the Gulf. Researchers caution tha...

PON1 status and neurologic symptom complexes in Gulf War veterans.

In a case of potential exposure to toxic chemicals, it is often difficult to dissect the genetic, physiological, and environmental factors that contribute to illness. A recently published paper (Haley et al. 1999) raises the possibility of a link between detoxication enzyme genotype/ phenotype and the risk of illness in Gulf War veterans. This work builds on a body of interesting data regarding...

Prevalence of symptoms and symptom-based conditions among Gulf War veterans: current status of research findings.

1 Office of the Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 2 Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 3 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 4 Department ...