The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.

بررسی فاکتورهای خطر قلبی عروقی و سندروم متابولیک در جانبازان جنگ با بیماری استرس مزمن ناشی از تروما و گروه شاهد آن‌ها در استان زنجان سال 91-1390

Background and Objective: It seems that war veterans are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases due to their existing disabilities and special mental and psychological conditions. This study was performed to evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Iran-Iraq war veterans living in Zanjan in 2011. Materials and Methods: 360 men including 12...

Conduct disorder, war zone stress, and war-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in American Indian Vietnam veterans.

This study examined whether conduct disorder (CD) was associated with war zone stress and war-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in American Indian (AI) Vietnam veterans. Cross-sectional lay-interview data was analyzed for 591 male participants from the American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project. Logistic regression evaluated the association of CD with odds of high war zone st...

Title: Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Aging Vietnam-era Veterans: VA Cooperative Study #569, The Course and Consequences of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam-era Veteran Twins Short Running Title: Prevalence of PTSD in Aging Vietnam-era Veterans

The effectiveness of Schema Therapy in decrease anger and hostility among male veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Introduction: Since the significant impact on anger and hostility is caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on various aspects of individual, family, social, and vocational life of those who suffer from this disorder, it is necessary to target and cure these two devastating symptoms.The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Schema therapy in decrease anger and hostili...

Effects of experimental context and explicit threat cues on acoustic startle in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

BACKGROUND The hypothesis that exaggerated startle in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reflects an anxiogenic response to stressful contexts was tested. METHODS Thirty-four nonmedicated Vietnam veterans with PTSD, and 17 combat and 14 civilian non-PTSD controls participated in two testing sessions over separate days. Acoustic startle stimuli were delivered alone or i...