War is the most powerful psychosocial stressor. Combat stress exerts a traumatic effect on every military, which main reason for development of post-traumatic disorders, acute disorders and combat mental injuries. Based data obtained during our study, it was developed tested personalized program correction stress-related rehabilitation persons affected by with differentiated use psychopharmacot...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise from different traumatic incidents, such as war, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, mugging, child abuse, road accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes as well as natural disasters like earthquakes and floods. During each disaster, both victims and rescue workers are vulnerable to physical and psychological trauma that may lead to different f...

Anxiety disorders, including phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder, are common and disabling disorders that often involve avoidance behavior. Cognitive-behavioral treatments, specifically imaginal and in vivo forms of exposure therapy, have been accepted and successful forms of treatment for these disorders. Virtual reality exposure therapy, an alternative to more traditional exposure-base...

results analysis showed that there were no significant differences between the groups at baseline (p < 0.05). comparison of the results between the two groups before the two-step test showed that anger and vitality scales between the two groups have no significant differences, but on the other scales (depression, dizziness, fatigue and tension), differences between pre and post-test groups were...

Corresponding Author: Surg Lt Cdr J Harrison Department of Community Mental Health Portsmouth, HMNB Portsmouth, Hants. PO1 3LS What is a Post Traumatic Stress Reaction? Given the substantial scientific and media interest in traumatic events, whether civilian or military, natural or man-made it is perhaps understandable that such events are often regarded as being likely to leave a legacy of psy...

OBJECTIVE To examine among immigrants and others seeking primary care: (1) the prevalence, types, and predictors of traumatic life events; and (2) the relations among traumatic life events, psychiatric disorders, and utilization of primary care services. DESIGN Survey with structured diagnostic interview. SETTING Community-based, university-affiliated primary care clinic in southern Califor...

“Anxiety disorders” is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal and pathological fear and anxiety, and is often comorbid with other mental disorders, particularly clinical depression. These conditions are often related to stressful life experiences, especially when chronic and traumatic. Stress appears to act as a predisposing and precipitating factor in these psychiatric con...

AIM To determine the symptoms of secondary traumatic stress and possible influences of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the occurrence of secondary traumatic stress in wives of war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD The study included 56 wives of war veterans diagnosed with PTSD and treated at the Center for Psychotrauma in Rijeka, Croatia. A short structured i...