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M Mićović

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PubMed2004

[Therapeutic approach to pain syndromes after peripheral nerve injuries].

There are a variety of reasons that pain might persist beyond the period of normal healing, and usually these reasons are complex and multifactorial. The acute phase of denervation of muscles, especially that of large ones, can be quite painful. Also, during the early months of regenerative process patient may experience associated paresthesias or dysesthesias. Such a pain pattern is selflimited, just as is the regenerative process. Neuropathy is a condition in which pain impulses are generated and perpetuated by injured, malfunctioning nervous tissue itself. Causalgia nad reflex sympathetic dystrophy are terms reserved to describe a very characteristic burning pain, accompanied by hyperesthesia and autonomic disturbances. In this study we analysed a series of 727 patients operated on Institute of neurosurgery with injury of one or more peripheral nerves, and 170 patients with brachial plexus injury.

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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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