[Posttraumatic stress disorder in Bosnian war veterans: analysis of stress events and risk factors].

The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the characteristics of stress-related events, and the risk factors for the development of PTSD. The total patient sample consisted of 100 Bosnian war veterans. Watson's PTSD module was used in establishing PTSD diagnosis. Patients fulfilled the following questionnaires: personal data form, Posttraumatic Symptom Scale PTSS-10 (Holen), Impact of Event Scale (Horowitz), Life Event Scale, and Eysenck Personality Inventory. PTSD was diagnosed in 30% of the examined patients. Larger number of stress-related events, particularly of those regarded as life-threatening, wounding/death of a close person, and material losses were more frequent in persons with PTSD. The risk factors for the development of PTSD in this study were: age (30-40), marital status (married), lower level of education, the front-line combat exposure, neurotic manifestations, family problems in childhood, and neuroticism.

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Vojnosanitetski Pregled

• Publication date

  2004-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2298/VSP0403283KPMID 15330301
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• The Prevalence of PTSD Following the Violent Death of a Child and Predictors of Change 5 Years Later

  2003cited by this paper
• Lifetime comorbidity of antisocial personality disorder and anxiety disorders among adults in the community.

  2003cited by this paper
• Flashbacks and post-traumatic stress disorder: the genesis of a 20th-century diagnosis

  2003cited by this paper
• “Forward Psychiatry” in the Military: Its Origins and Effectiveness

  2003cited by this paper
• Risk factors for course of posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam veterans: a 14-year follow-up of American Legionnaires.

  2003cited by this paper
• A hazardous profession: war, journalists, and psychopathology.

  2002cited by this paper
• A Prospective Analysis of Trauma Exposure: The Mediating Role of PTSD Symptomatology

  2002cited by this paper
• Examination of Predictors of Severe Violence in Combat-Exposed Vietnam Veterans

  2001cited by this paper
• Personality and peritraumatic dissociation in the prediction of PTSD in victims of road traffic accidents.

  2001cited by this paper
• The Longitudinal Course of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Aging Military Veterans

  2001cited by this paper
• Hispanic ethnicity and risk for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

  2000cited by this paper
• The effect of prior trauma exposure on the development of PTSD following spinal cord injury.

  2000cited by this paper
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Korean Conflict and World War II Combat Veterans Seeking Outpatient Treatment

  2000cited by this paper
• Altruism and the Vietnam War Veteran: The Relationship of Helping to Symptomatology

  1999cited by this paper
• Combat, Dissociation, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Australian Vietnam Veterans

  1999cited by this paper
• Prewar factors in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: structural equation modeling with a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans.

  1996cited by this paper
• Children exposed to disaster: II. Risk factors for the development of post-traumatic symptomatology.

  1994cited by this paper
• Psychological distress of adolescents exposed to Hurricane Hugo

  1994cited by this paper
• Epidemiology of trauma: frequency and impact of different potentially traumatic events on different demographic groups.

  1992cited by this paper
• Evidence of differential stability of state and trait anxiety in adults.

  1991cited by this paper
• Combat Stress Reaction&mdashClinical Manifestations and Correlates

  1989cited by this paper
• The Long-Term Psychiatric Consequences of Accidental Injury

  1988cited by this paper

• Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of PTSS Between Chinese Patients With Depression and Non-depressed Controls During COVID-19 Outbreak

  2022cites this paper
• Migraine and Neuroticism: A Scoping Review

  2022cites this paper
• THE IMPACT OF EFT AND MATRIX REIMPRINTING ON THE CIVILIAN SURVIVORS OF WAR IN BOSNIA: A PILOT STUDY

  2014cites this paper
• [Neuroticism and post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analytic study].

  2014cites this paper
• NEUROTICISMO Y TRASTORNO POR ESTRÉS POSTRAUMÁTICO: UN ESTUDIO META­ANALÍTICO

  2013cites this paper
• Assessing the Aftermath of War among Teens in Bosnia & Serbia: Measures of Substance Abuse and Delinquency with the POSIT (Problem-Oriented Screening Instrument for Teens)

  2013cites this paper
• The negative impact of single prolonged stress (SPS) on bone development in mice

  2013cites this paper
• Lasting Consequences of Traumatic Events on Behavioral and Skeletal Parameters in a Mouse Model for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  2012cites this paper