The Psychological impact of the Gulf War : a study of acute stress in Israeli evacuees.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: APR 1993Description: 2 pSubject: A needs assessment was conducted on evacuees of the Gulf War to assess acute symptoms and the impact of background, level of exposure, and postdisaster environment on the immediate stress response. 69 evacuees from a Tel Aviv neighborhood and 51 evacuees from a suburb in the city of Ramat Gan completed a battery of self-report questionnaires within one week of evacuation. The two groups reported similar levels of exposure to the stressor, and most Ss expressed a very high level of distress. As many as 80% of those assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) displayed a constellation of symptoms consistent with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) criteria for the disorder. A series of hierarchic regression analyses reveals that level of exposure to the stressor was the factor most implicated in acute stress responses, with postdisaster environment also playing an important role. However, for general psychopathology, background and predispositional variables were of primary significance
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Reprinted from Archives of General Psychiatry; 1993; Vol. 50; No. 4; p. 320-321
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A needs assessment was conducted on evacuees of the Gulf War to assess acute symptoms and the impact of background, level of exposure, and postdisaster environment on the immediate stress response. 69 evacuees from a Tel Aviv neighborhood and 51 evacuees from a suburb in the city of Ramat Gan completed a battery of self-report questionnaires within one week of evacuation. The two groups reported similar levels of exposure to the stressor, and most Ss expressed a very high level of distress. As many as 80% of those assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) displayed a constellation of symptoms consistent with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) criteria for the disorder. A series of hierarchic regression analyses reveals that level of exposure to the stressor was the factor most implicated in acute stress responses, with postdisaster environment also playing an important role. However, for general psychopathology, background and predispositional variables were of primary significance
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