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J A Boydstun

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PubMed1982

Syncope in aircrew.

In a study of 47 aviator patients consecutively referred to U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine for evaluation of alteration of consciousness, 34 cases of syncope were identified. Mechanisms of etiology included 24 with vasovagal syncope, 4 with micturition syncope, and 6 with miscellaneous causes. Each diagnostic group was separately compared to a group of 26 control (nonsyncopal) patients. Clinical findings of the different diagnostic groups are presented. Notable differences in antecedent factors, clinical findings, and consequences of syncope are discussed.

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PubMed1981

Psychiatric illness in U.S. Air Force Viet Nam prisoners of war: a five-year follow-up.

The U.S. Air Force prisoners of war (POWs) experienced a profound degree of stress during the Viet Nam War. The psychiatric status of this population has been monitored by an ongoing voluntary follow-up program from the time of repatriation through the following five years. Data indicate a significant degree of psychiatric readjustment problems, which were greatest among POWs captured before 1969. These findings support the association of an unusually stressful environment with an increased incidence of psychiatric illness.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1980

Self-concept changes related to war captivity.

A questionnaire was mailed to all US Air Force repatriated prisoners of the Vietnam was (POWs) still on active duty, and to matched controls, in the fall of 1976. Results were analyzed to determine long-term consequences of the war imprisonment experience. We hypothesized that individuals experiencing the greatest stress and frustration might believe they gained more psychologically than those less stressed. The questionnaire results indicated a distinct subgroup of POWs for which this was particularly true, although the subjective sense of feeling somehow "benefited" by the experience was by no means universal. This study supports the hypothesis that the subjective sense of having benefited from the experience of war imprisonment is positively correlated with the harshness of the experience.

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PubMed1980

The psychiatrist's role in aerospace operations.

This paper presents two unique aspects of aerospace psychiatry: the influence of the specialized stressors and occupational requirements of an aviation career and the ambiguous role of the aerospace psychiatrist. Aerospace psychiatrists have multiple, sometimes conflicting, responsibilities to the organization and society (the social control task) and to the individual aviator (the humanistic and medical tasks). In the two case reports below the authors describe airmen who had vasovagal syncope and how the psychiatrist intervened and resolved these conflicting tasks.

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PubMed1979

Vasovagal syncope in aircrew. Psychosocial aspects.

Twenty-four aircrew members with the diagnosis of vasovagal syncope were compared to 26 controls on variables of personality characteristics, psychosocial antecedents to the onset of their conditions, and hyperventilation experience. The syncope group was found to be younger, slightly less adaptable, and to have significantly more negative feelings about their work. The authors argue that syncope in aircrew should be considered from a psychosocial perspective as well as from a medical-neurological perspective.

Adaptation, Psychological↗