Trauma and Current Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Elderly German Women Who Experienced Wartime Rapes in 1945
| Autor: | Thomas Klauer, Svenja Eichhorn, Manuela Dudeck, Harald J. Freyberger, Elena Grundke, Georg Schomerus, Philipp Kuwert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty World War II Victimology Life Change Events Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic German Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Survivors Psychiatry Geriatric Assessment Aged Veterans Aged 80 and over Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Sexual violence Social environment medicine.disease language.human_language Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Posttraumatic stress Military Personnel Sexual abuse Rape Psychiatric status rating scales language Female Psychology Anxiety disorder |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 198:450-451 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3018 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/nmd.0b013e3181e08685 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the persistent trauma impact and significant posttraumatic stress symptoms in a sample of very elderly German women who survived the mass rapes committed by soldiers at the end of World War II. A total of 27 women were recruited, interviewed, and then administered a modified Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. They all reported a very severe degree of trauma exposure in 1945; 19% reported significant current posttraumatic stress symptoms indicating a possible posttraumatic stress disorder at the time of the study, and 30% fulfilled the criteria of a current partial posttraumatic stress disorder. The results highlight the necessity for prevention and treatment programs for women exposed to wartime rapes in current conflict settings worldwide, and the need to identify and treat posttraumatic conditions in the elderly generation of all countries exposed to World War II trauma. |
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