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| Publications [#140829] of John D Hamilton
Papers Published
- JD Hamilton, RH Workman, Persistence of combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms for 75 years.,
Journal of traumatic stress, UNITED STATES, vol. 11 no. 4
(October, 1998),
pp. 763-8, ISSN 0894-9867
(last updated on 2007/12/26)
Abstract:
Investigations of the duration of combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms have focused mainly on survivors of World War II and the Vietnam War, with little attention to surviving veterans of World War I. The authors describe a case in which posttraumatic stress symptoms persisted for 75 years in a World War I combat veteran and increased in frequency toward the end of his life accompanied by advancing dementia and hospitalization. The case illustrates that posttraumatic stress symptoms may be lifelong and exacerbated by various consequences of aging, even if they are not disabling.
Keywords:
Aged • Dementia* • Hospitalization • Humans • Male • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic • Time Factors • War* • psychology*
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