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T Lundin

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PubMed1992

Swedish UN soldiers in Cyprus, UNFICYP: their psychological and social situation.

Two Swedish rifle batallions serving as UN soldiers in Cyprus (UNFICYP) have been investigated with respect to their demographic background and motives for application for UN service. The comparison of symptoms of stress in general, of posttraumatic stress disorder specifically, and some other variables of reaction with various studies of Swedish UN soldiers in different settings has given the following results. Very few interviewees experienced 'personal nervous breakdown' (0.5%). The soldiers reported in general very few psychological or psychosomatic complaints in the short time perspective. There seemed, however, to be two groups of persons at risk, namely those who were repatriated and those with a high consumption of alcohol.

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PubMed1989

A research method for the study of psychological and psychiatric aspects of disaster.

This paper attempts to draw together some of the current questions related to the methodology of exploring the psychological and psychiatric aspects of human response to disaster. It sets out some of the key areas in which research questions might be mounted. A range of relevant instruments are suggested. The value of a structured interview which can explore issues of relevance to disaster victims is demonstrated. Early screening measures and proposals regarding these, as well as the particular instruments for longer term follow-up and assessment of outcome, are discussed in considerable detail. The article concludes with an overview of the principal issues to be addressed in methodology research, and emphasises the need for a collaborative approach using core items so that studies embracing different disasters and different countries can have some comparative basis.

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PubMed1988

The panorama of psychiatric emergencies in three different parts of Sweden.

A total of 1226 psychiatric emergencies from three socially different catchment areas in Sweden were analyzed. Data were obtained over 28 consecutive days at the beginning of 1985. Very small differences were found between urban and rural catchment areas, which is probably due to a high degree of equality for both social and medical services throughout Sweden. The largest diagnostic subgroup was patients with an alcohol problem (33%). A measure of the patients network of close relatives, yielded small differences between the diagnostic subgroups.

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PubMed1986

Increased glutathione peroxidase activity in erythrocytes in patients with Alzheimer's disease/senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.

Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in erythrocytes was studied in 9 patients with Alzheimer's disease/senile dementia of Alzheimer's type (AD/SDAT) of ages 34-64 years and compared with that in 16 healthy controls of ages 21-66 years. The median GSH-Px activity in erythrocytes from AD/SDAT patients was 408, mu kat/1 (range 338-500 mu kat/1) and that from healthy controls 348, mu kat/1 (range 258-439 mu kat). This difference was significant (p less than 0.005) Wilcoxon rank test. Since there are great clinical and pathological similarities between AD/SDAT and the dementia of Down's syndrome (DS) patients and since both these groups of patients have increased activity of the selenium-dependent enzyme GSH-Px, it is suggested that there could be a similar metabolic background of the dementia. Many findings in the oxidative metabolism of DS suggest increased oxidative damage with an elevation of the turnover of superoxides to peroxides within cells and with a secondary biochemical modification such as increase in tissual GSH-Px activity. A similar mechanism with elevated peroxidation within cells might be responsible for the present finding of increased GSH-Px activity in erythrocytes and for the development of dementia in AD/SDAT.

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