Citation

Bravo-Mehmedbasic A, Kucukalic A, Popović S, Salcić-Dizdarević D. Med. Arh. 2003; 57(5-6 Suppl 1): 5-8.

Vernacular Title

Specificne razlike u psihopatoloskom odgovoru izbjeglicke populacije i zrtava

Affiliation

Psihijatijska klinika KCU Sarajevo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Drustva Ljekara Bosne I Hercegovine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15022560

Abstract

AIM: Examine differences and specificities of psychological symptoms as a response to the trauma of torture and displacement. METHOD: The sample includes two groups of 50 subjects. The first group experienced the trauma of displacement, and the second group beside the displacement experienced also the trauma of torture. RESULTS: The drop in social and economic status is much more profound in torture victims compared to refugees. All nine SCL 90-R suscales show statistically significant difference in more pronounced psychopathological responses in torture victims relative to refugee population. The Mississippi questionnaire shows significant differences in PTSD between the two groups and higher scores for torture victims. CONCLUSION: Based on the results torture is the most intense form of trauma leading to intensive psychopathological responses including chronic PTSD. Results show that the psychopathological response is most intense and most frequent in the population of torture survivors compared to the refugee population.

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