Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among Gulf War veterans

This study assessed the prevalence of risk for development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among active duty and reserve veterans from Pennsylvania and Hawaii who either deployed (N = 1,524) or did not deploy (N = 2,727) to the Persian Gulf as a result of Operation Desert Storm. Al...

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Published in:Military medicine 1996-07, Vol.161 (7), p.407-410
Main Authors: STRETCH, R. H, MARLOWE, D. H, WRIGHT, K. M, BLIESE, P. D, KNUDSON, K. H, HOOVER, C. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Middle East
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology
United States
Veterans
Warfare
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Summary:This study assessed the prevalence of risk for development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among active duty and reserve veterans from Pennsylvania and Hawaii who either deployed (N = 1,524) or did not deploy (N = 2,727) to the Persian Gulf as a result of Operation Desert Storm. All participants anonymously completed a survey questionnaire that included the Impact of Event Scale and the Brief Symptom Inventory. Results indicate the likelihood of PTSD symptoms in approximately 8.0% of active duty veterans and 9.3% of reserve veterans who deployed to the Persian Gulf. PTSD risk comparisons are made with other active duty Army veterans assessed 1 year earlier. Sources of trauma are presented and implications for future military deployments on potential risks for developing PTSD are discussed.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/161.7.407