Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dementia in Holocaust Survivors

The incidence of mental and somatic sequelae has been shown to be very high in the group of people damaged by the Holocaust. Within the context of internal research, 93 Holocaust survivors suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder have been examined. Patients suffered on average from 4.5 (standar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of nervous and mental disease 2011-03, Vol.199 (3), p.196-198
Hauptverfasser:	Sperling, Wolfgang, Kreil, Sebastian Konstantin, Biermann, Teresa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology Alzheimer Disease - etiology Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Dementia Dementia - epidemiology Dementia - etiology Dementia, Vascular - epidemiology Dementia, Vascular - etiology Female Holocaust Holocaust - psychology Humans Incidence Male Medical sciences Mental health Post traumatic stress disorder Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Statistics, Nonparametric Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology Survivor Survivors - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:	The incidence of mental and somatic sequelae has been shown to be very high in the group of people damaged by the Holocaust. Within the context of internal research, 93 Holocaust survivors suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder have been examined. Patients suffered on average from 4.5 (standard deviation ± 1.8) somatic diagnoses as well as 1.8 (standard deviation ± 0.5) psychiatric diagnoses. A diagnosis of dementia was ascertained according to ICD-10 criteria in 14%. Vascular dementia (66%) dominated over Alzheimerʼs dementia (23%) and other subtypes (11%).
ISSN:	0022-3018 1539-736X
DOI:	10.1097/NMD.0b013e31820c71e0