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Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Falklands Veterans Five Years After the Conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

L. S. O'Brien  and
S. J. Hughes
L. S. O'Brien*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychotherapy, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XP
S. J. Hughes
Affiliation:
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A group of 64 Falklands war veterans who were still serving in the British Army were studied and compared with a group of matched controls. Half the veterans reported some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and 22% were rated as having the complete PTSD syndrome. Presence of the symptoms was associated with intensity of combat experience and the retrospective report of emotional difficulties in the initial period on return from the war.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 1 , July 1991 , pp. 135 - 141
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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