PTSDThe article presents information on the findings of a new report from the Rand Corp. which surveyed 660 military contractors. According to the survey, private military contractors across the world suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more than soldiers. The survey found that contractors ...
(HealthDay)—Three new studies suggest that a sizeable percentage of American soldiers suffer from some type of mental health issue, at rates higher than those seen in the general population. "Some of the differences in disorder rates are truly remarkable," Ronald Kessler, a professor ofhealth ...
Posit Science scientists are now working hard on the development of a new class of therapeutic tools designed to help returning soldiers who suffer from PTSD, diffuse brain trauma attributable to IED blast exposure, direct trauma from head injuries, and other war-related causes. That is the main...
Studies from the Walter ReedArmy Institute of Research for over 6,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that following their deployment to Iraq,15.6-17.1% and following their deployment to Afghanistan 11./0 of the American soldiers suffer from depression,anxiety or PTSD7. 相关知识点: ...
suffer from a baseline problem,” study researcherDorthe Berntsen,PhD, professor of psychology at Aarhus University in Denmark, said in a press release. “Only a few studies have examined pre- to post-deployment changes in PTSD symptoms, and most only use a ...
Abstract The current study presents a longitudinal analysis of the gender integration process in mixed-gender combat units by focusing on the antecedents of dropout intentions. A total of 295 men and women soldiers participated in the study, completing questionnaires at three points during eight months...
Hypothesis Those soldiers who apart from psychological trauma were seriously wounded during the war have a more difficult time coping with the traumatic experiences and more often suffer from PTSD: their psychological pain is obscured by a somatic one. Sample The sample includes soldiers (N=51) ...
Jewish communities from South Florida collaborated withBelev Echad, an NGO dedicated to supporting wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers and veterans from the Israel Defense Forces. The flew nine soldiers who were severely wounded in recent bouts of violence and terror and suffer PTSD to sunny Florida ...
PTSD is a growing problem as veterans from two long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan return home to face emotional demons. An estimated 20 percent of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress. And suicide rates among male post 9-11 veterans are much higher than...
We assume that the former ones suffer from more severe PTSD symptoms in line with the model and the risk for PTSD associated mortality would be high too [56, 57]. Thus, either this subgroup could not be obtained in a convenient community sample or it became a victim of fatal casualties....