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Physical health complaints in combat‐related post‐traumatic stress disorder: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
Litz Brett T.,
Keane Terence M.,
Fisher Lisa,
Marx Brian,
Monacol Valerie
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490050114
Subject(s) - psychosocial , physical health , psychiatry , posttraumatic stress , clinical psychology , psychology , traumatic stress , disease , public health , cohort , medicine , mental health , nursing , pathology
Research has detailed the psychosocial parameters of combat‐related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but little information has been reported on it's physical health concomitants. Many aspects of the PTSD syndrome may interact to create chronic stress reactions that are related to the emergence of disease states. As part of an initial step in exploring the physical health risk associated with PTSD we examined self‐reported health problems in two matched groups of treatment‐seeking Vietnam combat veterans with and without PTSD. Overall, the PTSD group reported more current health problems, but no more physician diagnosed disorders than their non‐PTSD cohort. Possible mechanisms responsible for the report of health complaints in PTSD are discussed.