[Post-traumatic stress disorder].
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M Cabarkapa
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[Psychotraumatic reactions in participants and non-participants in warfare--members of a special unit].
The investigation was performed on a sample of members of a special parachute unit, aged 25-30 years. During combat activities in the territory of former Yugoslavia, in the period of 1991-92, they were exposed to intensive stress and psychotraumatic events which could have detrimental influence on personality and psychological functions, most frequently causing posttraumatic stress disorder. The results of investigation showed that in spite of numerous traumatic experiences, psychological stability and professional efficiency could be maintained in specially selected individuals with appropriate personality structure, who were particularly motivated and included in so-called elite units, which show high degree of group cohesion and mutual support. This investigation used for the first time the methodology, most frequently recommended in literature as standard for follow up and early diagnosis of psychological disorders caused by traumatic stress in war or everyday life. Practical value of the used methodology, which included the list of stress-inducing events, the scale of influence of stress-events and the interview for posttraumatic stress disorder, was confirmed.
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[Standardization of the scale for evaluation of psychopathologic sequelae of traumatic stress].
Horovitz's scale is of questionnaire type and is used to register psychological consequences of traumatic stress with the method of self-assessment. As it is not widely known nor applied in our conditions, we got down to translate, apply and validate the scale in our examinees. The research aim was to check the practicality, applicability, objectivity discriminatory value and validity of the scale and to adopt it for our needs and our examinees who were divided into two groups: participants of war who were expected to show PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorders) (67 examinees) and non-participants of war who might have stress experiences in life (77 examinees). The result of neuropsychiatric examination, results obtained from the PTSD-interview and few other psychological tests of personal capability and personality characteristics were used as a criterion for checking up the validity of the scale. The research results demonstrated the scale to be very simple, economical and easily applicable in various conditions--especially for research, differential diagnosis and follow up effects of therapy on PTSD. In general, reliability and validity of the scale was very high, since it was in positive correlation with the neuropsychiatric examination results, PTSD interview and neuroticism tests.
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[The psychological profile using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the value of this test in the evaluation of post-traumatic stress disorder in combat participants].
Different stress disorders, including the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), developed as the consequence of traumatic stress experience, represent the most frequent patterns of reactive mental disorders of the soldiers in war. Clinical picture of those events has mostly been described in details in the literature, but the search for simple and reliable methods of detection still lasts. The aim of this study was to determine psychological profile and value of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) for the detection and description of PTSD in psychotraumatized examinees. It was investigated totally 119 soldiers--the participants of combat actions in the area of former Yugoslavia, among whom 71 examines formed part of clinical group that manifested symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and control group consisted of 48 war participants, but without psychopatologic consequences. The investigation was performed by application of MMPI-personality test (form MMPI-201). Significant differences between clinical and control groups of examinees were determined, which confirmed the value of that inventory in the detection of PTSD symptoms. The most discriminative value was noticed in the next test scales: atypical behavior (F), depression (D), and paranola (Pa), that was also observed in relevant foreign studies carried in war veterans.
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