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| Psychiatric disorders and other health dimensions among Holocaust survivors 6 decades later | | Author(s) | Asaf Sharon, Izhak Levav, Jenny Brodsky |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 195, no 4, October 2009 |
| Pages | pp 331-335 |
| Source | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Jewish ; War ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Sleep disorders ; Ill health ; Longitudinal surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | No previous community-based epidemiological study has explored psychiatric disorders in those who survived the Holocaust. Anxiety and depressive disorders, sleep disturbances, other health problems, also use of services were examined among individuals exposed or unexposed to the Holocaust. The relevant population samples were part of the Israel World Mental health Survey. The interview schedule included the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and other health-related items. The Holocaust survivor group had higher lifetime (16.1%) and 12-month (6.9%) prevalence rates of anxiety disorders, and more current sleep disturbance (62.4%) and emotional distress than their counterparts who did not have higher rates of depressive disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Early severe adversity was associated with psychopathological disorder long after the end of the second World War, but not in all survivors. Age during the Holocaust did not modify the results. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091110202 A |
| Classmark | TKS: VMC: ENR: ENP: CTS: CH: 3J: 7H6 |
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