Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: PTSD, depression and anxiety among former abductees in Northern Uganda. | Pfeiffer and Elbert Conflict and Health 2011 5 14 http content 5 1 14 CONFLICT AND HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access PTSD depression and anxiety among former abductees in Northern Uganda Anett Pfeiffer and Thomas Elbert Abstract Background The population in Northern Uganda has been exposed to extreme levels of traumatic stress and thousands abducted forcibly became rebel combatants. Methods Using structured interviews the prevalence and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD depression and anxiety was assessed in 72 former abducted adults 62 of them being former child soldiers. Results As retrospective reports of exposure to traumatic stress increased anxiety and PTSD occurrence increased r .45 . 49 of respondents were diagnosed with PTSD 70 presented with symptoms of depression and 59 with those of anxiety. In a multiple linear regression analysis four factors could best explain the development of PTSD symptoms male respondents sex living in an IDP-Camp location with a kinship murdered in the war family members killed in the war and having experienced a high number of traumatic events number of traumatic events were more likely to develop symptoms of PTSD than others. In disagreement to a simple doseresponse-effect though we also observed a negative correlation between the time spent with the rebels and the PTSD symptom level. Conclusions Former abductees continue to suffer from severe mental ill-health. Adaptation to the living condition of rebels however may lower trauma-related mental suffering. Background Humans are developing in a co-constructive way whereby the biological-genetic interface interacts with the cultural setting to form mind and brain and with it the potential for mental malfunctioning. Traumatic stressors evoke an alarm response . activate stages in a genetically prepared biological defence mechanism that thus appears in any culture. Research into the neu-robiological foundations of traumatic experiences 1 2 and .
