Exposure to War-Related Traumatic Events, Prevalence of PTSD, and General Psychiatric Morbidity in a Civilian Population From Southern Lebanon

Farhood, Laila; Dimassi, Hani; Lehtinen, Tuija

doi:10.1177/1043659606291549

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“…Th e hypothesis of the study, which predicted that the middle generation of adult children would reported the highest levels of PTSD symptoms, was not confi rmed. However, fi ndings similar to those of the current study have demonstrated that the negative eff ects of war, such as PTSD symptoms, are more common among the elderly population than among the young (Farhood et al 2006;Tang 2007;Trautman et al 2002). Farhood and colleagues (2006) explained this fi nding not in terms of age, but rather in the sheer amount of exposure to number of traumatic events: clearly, the elderly participants have been exposed to more of traumatic events than their off spring.…”

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The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Ron¹,

Ron²

2017

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Between the state of Israel independent declaration in 1948, until this very days, wars, military operations and on-going national terror had been its daily routine to cope with. Th e main goal of this study was to review published studies on the impact of those extreme negative life events on the well-being and mental health of various groups of Arab and Jewish civilians in Israel. In addition, this study emphasizes well-known PTSD risk factors related to terrorism, military operations and war in Israel, as well as dissociative symptoms, ASD symptoms, and Death anxiety. Th e study also deals with some of the background characteristics, the internal and the external resources of the individual, in three age groups, which can take the role of mediator variables between those negative events and the populations' well-being. Th e literature published in Israel from the beginning of studding those subjects, available up to January 2017, was systematically reviewed. About thirteen studies on the impact of on-going terror attacks and risk factors for distress, trauma and PTSD and, about ten studies on coping strategies were identifi ed. Causes, risk factors, variety of outcomes and coping strategies were widespread from the earlier and traditional to more recent and modern approaches towards those subjects and sometimes integrated.

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The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

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2017

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“…Scores on the anxiety subscale of a standard health questionnaire closely correlated with PTSD. The authors concluded that there was a need for psychological interventions among these people as well as research to evaluate the effectiveness of such interventions (12).…”

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Health Effects of Combat: A Life-Course Perspective

Levy

Sidel

2009

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Armed combat (also termed war or armed conflict) has profound direct and indirect impacts on the long-term physical and mental health of both military personnel and noncombatant civilians. Although most research has focused on immediate and short-term health consequences of war, an increasing number of studies have focused on the long-term health consequences for both veterans of military service and noncombatant civilians. However, these long-term studies focus almost entirely on posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems; relatively few long-term studies have focused on physical injuries due to war and the impact of those injuries on relationships, work, and other aspects of life. This article reviews illustrative examples of the existing literature on these long-term health consequences of war, focusing not only on military veterans of several different armed conflicts but also on noncombatant civilian populations, including spouses and children of military veterans as well as refugees and internally displaced persons. Public health professionals can help address these problems. 123

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“…For example, Adams & Boscarino [17] found one year after the World Trade Center Attacks (n = 2,368) that proximity to the events, or rather, the more exposed the individual is to the events, the more likely they are to experience more psychological problems. However, the risk factor most associated with the psychological effects of trauma is previous exposure [9,14,16].…”

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“…Although community devastations have been studied, the most long-lasting and devastating of community trauma is that caused by war, armed conflict, or mass violence [7]. Studies on the psychological effects of war have been conducted on civilian populations, however, little is still known concerning the effects of continuous armed conflict on civilians residing in volatile areas [5,[8][9][10]. Refugee studies are abundant and have shed light on the experience of civilians during and after conflict in terms of prevalence rates of psychiatric morbidity, risk factors and adjustment [11][12][13][14].…”

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Patterns of Psychiatric Morbidity Before and After a War in Lebanon at Twelve Months Following Cessation of Hostilities

Farhood¹

2014

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Abstract:Objective: This study is a reassessment of the prevalence and predictors of psychiatric disorders in a general population from South Lebanon conducted one year after the July war in 2007, and was thereafter compared to an assessment conducted one year pre-war in 2005 on the same population. This study aims to (1) assess for PTSD, depression and general health in South Lebanon 1 year after the month-long July war, and (2) to report on the results and compare them to pre-war findings in the same population.Method: This study assessed PTSD, depression, and general health (GHQ) using the Beck Depression Inventory, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and General Health Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 681 citizens from six villages in South Lebanon using a cross sectional design through random sampling. This sample was compared to another sample of 632 Lebanese citizens interviewed in 2005 before the outbreak of the July war. Conclusion: This reassessment is further evidence that prevalence of mental disorders is difficult to capture in war-torn areas. Social contexts may play a more important role in mental health outcomes of trauma events experienced in developing countries whose civilians suffer continuous armed conflict.

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Exposure to War-Related Traumatic Events, Prevalence of PTSD, and General Psychiatric Morbidity in a Civilian Population From Southern Lebanon

Cited by 87 publications

References 27 publications

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Health Effects of Combat: A Life-Course Perspective

Patterns of Psychiatric Morbidity Before and After a War in Lebanon at Twelve Months Following Cessation of Hostilities

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