scholarly journals Course of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 40 Years After the Vietnam War

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Marmar ◽  
William Schlenger ◽  
Clare Henn-Haase ◽  
Meng Qian ◽  
Emily Purchia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
The Vietnam War

The Relationships Between Premilitary School Record Data and Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Vietnam War Veterans

1998 ◽  
Vol 186 (6) ◽  
pp. 338-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES G. WATSON ◽  
ERNEST DAVENPORT ◽  
PATRICIA E. D. ANDERSON ◽  
CLAUDIA M. MENDEZ ◽  
LEE P. GEARHART
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Record Data ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults

2012 ◽  
pp. 83-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Breslau
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Response ◽  
Epidemiological Surveys

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was established in 1980, when it was incorporated in the DSM-III. The PTSD definition brackets a distinct set of stressors—traumatic events—from other stressful experiences and links it causally with a specific response, the PTSD syndrome. Explicit diagnostic criteria in DSM-III made it feasible to conduct large-scale epidemiological surveys on PTSD and other psychiatric disorders, using structured diagnostic interviews administered by nonclinicians. Epidemiologic research has been expanded from Vietnam veterans, who were the center of DSM-III PTSD study, to civilian populations and postwar regions worldwide. This chapter summarizes information on the prevalence estimates of PTSD in U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War, soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, and civilian populations. It outlines research findings on the course of PTSD, risk factors, comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, and the risk for other posttrauma disoders. It concludes with recommendations for future research.

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