This study investigated the relationship between chronic head, face and neck pain, and the level of depression in Croatian war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The presence of self-reported pain, pain on digital palpation, and pain severity in masticatory and neck muscles, temporomandibular joints and sinuses, as well as the level of depression were assessed in a group of wa...

BACKGROUND Gulf War veterans have a number of health complaints. We therefore decided to carry out a systematic review to identify and summarize the findings from studies that have assessed multi-symptom conditions in Gulf War veterans and in an unexposed comparison group. METHOD Studies published between January 1990 and May 2004 were identified by searching a large number of electronic data...

One theory suggests that illnesses in Gulf War veterans may result from infection with Mycoplasma—bacteria-like microorganisms that are the smallest freeliving microorganisms. This chapter considers the Mycoplasma theory. It first discusses briefly the Mycoplasma species, including how they affect healthy persons and those with compromised immune systems. It then discusses hypotheses regarding ...

BACKGROUND Several clinical syndromes are defined solely on the basis of symptoms, absent an identifiable medical etiology. When evaluating and treating individuals with these syndromes, clinicians' beliefs might shape decisions regarding referral, diagnostic testing, and treatment. To assess clinician beliefs about the etiology and treatment of "Gulf War illness," we surveyed a sample of gener...

IMPORTANCE The long-term course of readjustment problems in military personnel has not been evaluated in a nationally representative sample. The National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS) is a congressionally mandated assessment of Vietnam veterans who underwent previous assessment in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS). OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, co...

Nazi past, and government assistance was often inadequate as a result. Similar uneasiness is still evident in Russia towards veterans of the war in Afghanistan (1979-89), as Ethel Dunn reminds us. Dunn shows that the shift to a market economy led to the virtual collapse of state assistance for all disabled veterans in Russia: retrenchment has left the welfare system unable to pay for benefits e...

In this section of the Iraq War Clinician Guide, we discuss treatment of veterans recently evacuated due to combat or war stress who are brought to the VA for mental health care, and Iraq War veterans seeking mental health care at VA medical centers and Vet Centers. This section complements discussion of special topics (e.g., treatment of medical casualties, identification and management of PTS...

background in recent decades, the incidence of spinal cord injuries has increased. in a systemic review on epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in developing countries reported 25.5/million cases per year. objectives to assess the quality of life (qol) of the veterans among iran-iraq war with chronic spinal cord injuries (sci) and to evaluate long-term impressions of sci on their qualit...

background: quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   methods: in ...

The long-term health consequences of war service remain unclear, despite burgeoning scientific interest. A longitudinal cohort study of a random sample of Australian Vietnam veterans was designed to assess veterans' postwar physical and mental health 36 years after the war (2005-2006) and to examine its relation to Army service, combat, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessed 14 year...