Disasters, war, and terrorism expose millions of children globally to mass trauma with increasing frequency and severity. The clinical impact of such exposure is influenced by a child's social ecology, which is understood in a risk and resilience framework. Research findings informed by developmental systems theory and the related core principles of contemporary developmental psychopathology ar...

During the Eelam War in Sri Lanka a significant numbers of combatants sustained traumatic brain injuries. Traumatic Brain Injury has been identified as one of the signature injuries of the Eelam War. Traumatic brain injury was reported as a major cause of mortality and morbidity among the combatants. The combatants with traumatic brain injuries encounter numerous psychosocial problems. They mos...

Medical research and science in the 20th century have transformed the gruesome realities of war: Whereas before, a battlefield injury was associated with a high likelihood of death, most injured combatants now survive their injuries. However, even as advances in orthopaedic surgery have improved the lives of those injured in war, it is fair to say that the necessities of war have advanced the s...

A total of 675,626 active duty Army soldiers who were known to be at risk for deployment to the Persian Gulf were followed from 1980 through the Persian Gulf War. Hospitalization histories for the entire cohort and Health Risk Appraisal surveys for a subset of 374 soldiers were used to evaluate prewar distress, health, and behaviors. Deployers were less likely to have had any prewar hospitaliza...

OBJECTIVE To compare injuries and hospital utilization and outcomes from terror and war for civilians and soldiers. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Injuries from terror and war are not necessarily comparable, especially among civilians and soldiers. For example, civilians have less direct exposure to conflict and are unprepared for injury, whereas soldiers are psychologically and physically prepared ...

Sergeant David Emme, a supply officer with a U.S. Army Stryker Brigade, was stationed at a submachine gun on a truck rolling through northern Iraq last November, in a convoy transporting Iraqi volunteers to Mosul for military training. As they entered the town of Talafar, Emme noticed that the streets were unusually quiet: no children were outdoors running toward the vehicles demanding sweets. ...

Military personnel serving in war are confronted with ethical and moral challenges, most of which are navigated successfully because of effective rules of engagement, training, leadership, and the purposefulness and coherence that arise in cohesive units during and after various challenges. However, even in optimal operational contexts, some combat and operational experiences can inevitably tra...

AIM To evaluate localization of certain zones of craniocerebral trauma and determine their importance for genesis ofposttraumatic epilepsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Study encompassed 50 war veterans, with craniocerebral trauma and posttraumatic epilepsy. Control group included 50 war veterans, with war craniocerebral injury who have not experienced epileptic seizures. The craniocerebral trauma zo...