Open AccessA CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY IN CROATIAN HOMELAND WAR VETERANS WHO WERE HELD AS PRISONERS OF WAR AND ARE AFFEC
Author(s) -
Melita Jukić,
Jasmina Talapko,
Ivana Škrlec,
Petra Čičak,
Marko Jukić,
Jasmina Lukinac,
Ivan Požgain
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
psychiatria danubina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1849-0867
pISSN - 0353-5053
DOI - 10.24869/psyd.2022.464
Subject(s) - comorbidity , psychiatry , prisoners of war , anxiety , anxiety disorder , clinical psychology , croatian , medicine , national comorbidity survey , psychology , incidence (geometry) , combat stress reaction , prevalence of mental disorders , traumatic stress , world war ii , linguistics , philosophy , physics , archaeology , optics , history
As a extremely traumatic experience, captivity may cause other mental disorders in addition to posttraumatic stress disorder, which is highly prevalent among ex-prisoners of war, and which often occurs in comorbidity with at least one other mental disorder. This objective of this study is to identify the incidence of comorbid mental disorders in Homeland war veterans ex-prisoners of war affected by posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as to identify the factors that influenced psychiatric comorbidity.