Combat Disorders - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is increasingly recognized as a cause of substantial disability. In addition to its tremendous mental health burden, PTSD has been associated with worse physical health status and an increased risk of ... Read more...

Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment in a large population-based study.

12 Sep 2009 High-stress situations, such as combat deployments, are a potential risk factor for hypertension. Although stress is postulated to increase blood pressure, the underlying role of stress on hypertension is not well established. We sought to determine ... Read more...

Association of time since deployment, combat intensity, and posttraumatic stress symptoms with neuropsychological outcomes following Iraq war deployment.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Previous research has demonstrated neuropsychological changes following Iraq deployment. It is unknown whether these changes endure without subsequent war-zone exposure or chronic stress symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To determine the associations of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Combat Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. 30 Oct 2009
• Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment in a large population-based study. 12 Sep 2009
• Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment: research implications from a biopsychosocial perspective. 12 Sep 2009
• Association of time since deployment, combat intensity, and posttraumatic stress symptoms with neuropsychological outcomes following Iraq war deployment. 30 Aug 2009
• War-related exposure and psychological distress as predictors of health and sleep: a longitudinal study of Kuwaiti children. 8 Jul 2009
• Reconciling the differences between the King et al. (1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD. 5 Jul 2009
• Military deployment: the impact on children and family adjustment and the need for care. 29 Jun 2009
• The validity and clinical utility of post-traumatic stress disorder in Afghanistan. 30 May 2009
• Supporting the mental health and psychosocial well-being of former child soldiers. 30 May 2009
• A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy of topiramate in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. 27 May 2009
• Returning home: forced conscription, reintegration, and mental health status of former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda. 14 May 2009
• PTSD in the combat veteran: using Roy's Adaptation Model to examine the combat veteran as a human adaptive system. 29 Apr 2009
• Subjective age, PTSD and physical health among war veterans. 29 Apr 2009
• Baseline self reported functional health and vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder after combat deployment: prospective US military cohort study. 14 Apr 2009
• An exploratory study of neuroimaging, neurologic, and neuropsychological findings in veterans with traumatic brain injury and/or posttraumatic stress disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• Blast-related mild traumatic brain injury: mechanisms of injury and impact on clinical care. 30 Mar 2009
• Predicting mortality in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder thirty years after Vietnam. 30 Mar 2009
• Tracing the flow of knowledge: geographic variability in the diffusion of prazosin use for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder nationally in the Department of Veterans Affairs. 30 Mar 2009
• Phenomenology of PTSD and psychotic symptoms. 27 Feb 2009
• Alterations in the neural circuitry for emotion and attention associated with posttraumatic stress symptomatology. 21 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Combat Disorders'

Definition: Neurotic reactions to unusual, severe, or overwhelming military stress.

Descriptor UI: D003130

Alternative terms: Combat Disorders; Combat Disorder; Disorder, Combat; Disorders, Combat; Combat Neurosis; Neurosis, Combat; Combat Neuroses; Neuroses, Combat; War Neurosis; Neurosis, War; Neuroses, War; War Neuroses;

Related Mesh Headings: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.080.931.249;

Online Note: use COMBAT DISORDERS to search NEUROSES, WAR 1966-80

History Note: 91(81); was see under STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC 1981-90; was NEUROSES, WAR 1963-80

Technical Notes: note category: do not confuse with war wounds ( = WOUNDS AND INJURIES or specific inj (IM) + WAR (IM or NIM) ); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC is also available