Vol.11, No 2, 2004 pp. 87- 89
UC 616.89-008.441:355.48
PTSD AND STRUCTURAL PERSONALITY CHANGES
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THREE YEARS AFTER BOMBARDMENT IN SERBIA 1999,
TREATED IN INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN
NIŠ
Grozdanko Grbeša
Institute for Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Niš, Srbia
E-mail: grbesa@EUnet.yu
Summary. The investigation comprises 142 patients diagnosed as PTSD,
who were seeking treatment at the Institute for Mental Health in Niš. Symptoms
of PTSD have developed under of bombardment and war operations in the region
of Serbia in 1999. Six months after the exposure to traumatic events 370
subjects were evaluated and showed the acute clinical picture of PTSD.
Twelve months after the exposure to traumatic events 142 subjects were
assessed showing the chronic form of PTSD. Three years after the traumatic
events 26% of patients were diagnosed as PTSD also manifesting signs of
lasting personality changes.
Key words: Posttraumatic stress dissorder, structural personality
changes
PTSD I STRUKTURALNE PROMENE KARAKTERA
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TRI GODINE POSLE BOMBARDOVANJA SRBIJE 1999,
TRETIRANIH U INSTITUTU ZA MENTALNO ZDRAVLJE
U NIŠU
Kratak sadržaj. Istraživanje obuhvata 142 pacijenta dijgnostikovanih
kao PTSD koji su se za pomoć obratili na Klinici za mentalno zdravlje u
Nišu. Simptomi PTSD razvili su se za vreme bomberdovanja i ratnih operacija
u Srbiji 1999. Šest meseci posele izlaganja traumi kod 370 subjekata je
ustanovljen PTSD poremećaj. Dvanest meseci od izlaganja traumi 142 subjekta
je evaluirano kao hronična forma PTSD. Trideset šest meseci od izlaganja
traumi 26% pacijenata razvilo je simptome trajnog poremećaja karaktera
usled dejstva stresa. Praćenje evolucije simptoma ukazuje da su za razvoj
karakteroloških promena, presudni perzistentni simptomi povišene autonomne
budnosti.
Ključne reči: Posttraumatski stresni poremećaj, strukturalne
karakterološke promene
