TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Combat veterans: impressions of an analytic observer in a non-analytic setting
JO  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
A1  - Stein, Herbert H.
SP  - 575
EP  - 589
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - The hallmark presentation of combat trauma-nightmares, waking hallucinations, intrusive traumatic memories, and extreme affective reactions to environmental triggers-may best be conceptualized as part of an adaptive mechanism intended to protect the individual against a repetition of trauma. Combat veterans continuously must cope with the extreme affects that combat induced. Fear, rage, guilt, and grief predominate. Their mental and emotional life is complicated by a conscience split between war zone and civilian morality and by the special group dynamics of combat. Optimal clinical understanding of combat-related trauma, whether in a psychoanalytic or general mental health setting, requires an awareness of the interaction of the personal dynamics of each individual with the specific characteristics of their combat situation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1546-0371
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -