Zur Frage der hirnorganischen Dauersch�den nach schwerer Dystrophie

Psychodynamic Theories of the ‘Survivor Synrdome’

“…Certain similarities about poor verbalization and self-blame were described by Lifton in his studies among survivors of Hiroshima (42). The clinical picture often strikingly resembled other cases of massive traumatization, such as in the Hong Kong prisoners of war (1,39), in survivors in Guadalcanal (41,53), in German prisoners of war in Russia (54). While personality change occurred in all ages, it was particularly profound when it took place in early childhood up until age 12 (4,56,57), with a special damaging effect to the superego (16).…”