POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG SURVIVORS OF AFGHAN TORTURE AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Abstract
Thirty Afghan refugees who had survived torture and concentration camps experience were subjected to thoroughpsychiatric search. All of them met the DSM-III R Criteria for post- traumatic Stress Disorder. Their main symptoms wereavoidance of the past recall, intrusive thoughts and nightmares that were persistent. These findings give cross-culturalvalidation of post-traumatic stress syndrome in general while with a difference that (i). Younger patients of our studygroup showed better prognosis and minimum suicidal tendencies, (ii). Duration of stay in concentration Camps wassignificantly less as compared to Western studies.References
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