clinical features of 52 psychological Casualties of Iraq/Iran War

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In respect of disagreement among specialists about psychoJogical impacts of war, this study was
performed for assessment of signs, syptoms and diagnosis of disease type in 52 psychological
casualties of war by using demographic questionnaire and interviews.
The analysis collected data showed that psychological symptoms accompanied by somatic are
wide spread in addition most important psychological disorders and neurotic or reactive
impairments and Post Traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD) which is the most common clinical
feature. Based on this study we can say that, naturally, terrible stresses of war.impair the
personality organization and with predisposing factors reduce to presentation of psychological
impairments that in this study is PTSD, like many other studies, and is better to call this entity
post war Stress Disorder.

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 10
January and February 2003
Pages 225-229

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