COMBAT RELATED POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER –CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND CONSEQUENCES
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces - Year 2016, Vol 179, Issue 1
Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is observed as a group of post-traumatic mental and physical clinical symptoms. It affects soldiers returning from missions as well as victims of different types of disasters. The combat stress symptoms are follow-up of a triggering factor. The reaction of the limbic system associated with the emotional state circulation in the Papez area, causing the variety of vegetative effects, especially circulatory, plays a significant role. Consequences of the combat stress apply to mental and emotional changes, a dynamic stereotype and have indirect effects within individual’s family life and his/her immediate surroundings. Providing people suffering from combat stress syndromes with psychological and psychiatric care is crucial.
Authors and Affiliations
Anna ZIENKIEWICZ, Małgorzata KSIĘŻYC, Joanna ROSIŃCZUK, Aleksandra CAŁKOSIŃSKA, Monika SZOPA, Ireneusz CAŁKOSIŃSKI
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