Millitary Psychotherapy and Psychological Wounds of War

War Wounds and Injuries

The Effectiveness of Positivist Psychotherapy Training on the Hope and Psychological Well-being of the Spouses of Imposed War Veterans

  Introduction:  Studies show that a large percentage of veteranschr('39') spouses have anxiety disorders and psychological problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positivist psychotherapy training on the hope and psychological well-being of the spouses of veterans in Sari city. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with a c...

THE EFFECT OF PHENYTOIN ON HEALING OF WAR AND NON-WAR INTRACTABLE WOUNDS

Phenytoin (PHT), a drug in clinical use for over fifty years as an anticonvulsant, has heen reported to promote the healing of skin and soft tissue wounds, ulcers and second degree burns. We treated 19 patients with war-related missile wounds and 6 with chronic, non-healing (previously treated at least for.') months with antibiotics and betadine or acetic acid dressing) civilian ulcers wit...

Modern War Wounds

being seen in soldiers who survive such catastrophic injuries[6]. The destructive extent of an explosion is dependent on the nature of the device and the proximity of the soldier when it detonates[7]. In contrast to other forms of weapon (ie firearms), explosive devices have the capacity to injure multiple victims simultaneously by a variety of different mechanisms. Detonation of an explosive d...

The Treatment of War Wounds

randum on some of the more important and most recent improvements in the treatment of war wounds," and was compiled at the request of the Medical Committee of the National Eesearch Council. Though thus written at secondhand, it contains the views of many eminent surgeons who have firsthand experience of their subjects. It is indeed a glossary of many of the recent methods of surgery that have b...

Treatment of rectal war wounds.

Treatment strategies for penetrating rectal injuries (PRI) in civilian settings are still not uniformly agreed, in part since high-energy transfer PRI, such as is frequently seen in military settings, are not taken into account. Here, we describe three cases of PRI, treated in a deployed combat environment, and outline the management strategies successfully employed. We also discuss the literat...