Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jn8rn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-22T16:45:02.286Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Treatment of Prolonged Combat Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Lt. Col. A. Bleich ,
Ronald Garb  and
Lt. Col. M. Kottler
Lt. Col. A. Bleich
Affiliation:
Israel Defence Force (IDF), Commanding Officer, Central Mental Health Clinic, IDF, Head of Post-Trauma Clinic, IDF
Ronald Garb*
Affiliation:
Shalvatah Mental Health Centre, Head of Psychiatric Service, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba. 44281, Israel. Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
*
∗Correspondence
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Combat reaction is a clinical entity which is classified under one of the most complex diagnostic formulations in modern psychiatry-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Of all the life experiences which may create trauma, war-related stress seems the most complicated and difficult to understand. Despite an abundance of clinical observation, this has been considered from such differing theoretical perspectives that a comprehensive therapeutic conceptualisation has proved elusive.

Type
Annotation
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 493 - 496
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Alon, N. (In press) An Ericksonian approach to the treatment of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder patients. In Ericksonian Approach to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (ed. Zeig, J.) New York: Brunner/Mazel.Google Scholar
Balson, P. M. & Dempster, C. R. (1980) Treatment of war neurosis from Vietnam. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 21, 167–175.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chamberlin, B. C. (1980) The psychological aftermath of disaster. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 41, 238–244. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1980) Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.Google ScholarPubMed
Figley, C. R. (Ed) (1978) Stress Disorders among Vietnam Veterans: Theory, Research and Treatment. New York; Brunner/Mazel.Google Scholar
Freud, S. (1921) Introduction to Psychoanalysis of War Neurosis. London Institute of Psychoanalysis Press.Google Scholar
Garb, R. & Kutz, I. (1980) Families in transition—the role of the father. Group Analysis, 12, 124–127.Google Scholar
Hendin, H. (1983) Psychotherapy for Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 37, 86–89.Google Scholar
Hocking, F. (1970) Extreme environmental stress and its significance for psychopathology. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 24, 4–26.Google Scholar
Horowitz, M. (1974) Stress response syndrome: character style, and dynamic psychotherapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31, 768–781.Google Scholar
Kardiner, A. & Spiegel, H. (1974) War. Stress and Neurotic Illness. New York: Hoeber.Google Scholar
Nardi, C., Wozner, Y. & Margalit, H. (1983) Cognitive behavioural group treatment of combat reaction. Paper presented at the Third Conference of Psychological Stress and Adjustment in Times of War and Peace: Tel Aviv.Google Scholar
Solomon, Z., Scharzwold, J. & Weisenberg, M. (1984) Psychosocial adjustment of soldiers experiencing combat stress disorder during Operation peace for Galilee. Annual scientific report. Department of Health. IDF Medical Corps, Israel.Google Scholar
Titchner, J. L. & Ross, W. D. (1974) Acute or chronic stress as determinance of behaviour, character and neurosis. American Handbook of Psychiatry, vol 3. second edition (eds Arieti, S. and Brody, E. B.). New York: Basic Books.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.