TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Assessment of long-term psychosocial sequelae among POW survivors of the Korean Conflict
JO  - Journal of personality assessment
A1  - Sutker, P. B.
A1  - Winstead, D. K.
A1  - Galina, Z. H.
A1  - Allain, A. N.
SP  - 170
EP  - 180
VL  - 54
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Psychological and psychiatric assessments were performed among 20 prisoner-of-war (POW) Korean-Conflict survivors. Results revealed extraordinary biological and psychological abuse with weight losses exceeding 35% of preservice weights and long-term cognitive, emotional, and behavioral sequelae. The full range of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms was seen in 90% to 100% of the cases with high prevalence of co-morbidity, specifically mood (75%), other anxiety (45%), and alcohol abuse (20%) disorders. Documented by clinical investigators at POW release and now more than 30 years later, symptoms of apprehensiveness, confusion, detachment, and depression reflect the persistence of psychiatric morbidity over time.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -