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| Vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological morbidity in aged holocaust survivors | | Author(s) | Henry Brodaty, Charmaine Joffe, Georgina Luscombe |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 10, October 2004 |
| Pages | pp 968-979 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Ill health ; War ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | High rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological morbidity have been consistently reported in Holocaust survivors (HS). However, reports are inconsistent about which factors are associated with psychological morbidity. This study attempts to clarify why this variability exists with 100 HS randomly selected from a convenience sample of 309 respondents to a survey of Jewish people age 60+ living in the community in Sydney, Australia, by examining factors associated with PTSD and psychological morbidity, including for the first time measures of personality and defence mechanisms. Subjects were assessed using demographics, severity of trauma experienced, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), PTSD diagnosis (DSM-IV), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Impact of Events Scale, Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ), and modified Eysenck Personality Inventory. Older age, experience of more severe trauma, use of immature defence mechanisms and higher neuroticism were associated with significant PTSD and psychological morbidity. Severity of trauma was associated with PTSD and more severe psychological morbidity. A profile of survivors at risk can be identified that may have application to survivors of more recent holocausts. Late life may be a period of vulnerability in the aftermath of severe trauma. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041209207 A |
| Classmark | QNH: CH: VMC: DA: 4C: 7YA |
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