Comorbidities with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among combat veterans: 15 years postwar analysis

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-92

  Britvić, Dolores ^a   Antičević, Vesna ^a   Kaliterna, Mariano ^a   Lušić, Linda ^a   Beg, Andelko ^a   Brajević Gizdić, Igna ^a   Kudrić, Mirjana ^b   Stupalo, Željana ^b   Krolo, Vikica ^b   Pivac, Nela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Private Family Practice   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Combat; PTSD; Survey descriptive study; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929703142     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Beckham J.C., Taft C.T., Vrana S.R., Feldman M.E., Barefoot J.C., Moore S.D., Mozley S.L., Butterfield M.I., Calhoun P.S. Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2003, 16:329-335. 10.1023/A:1024457700599.
2. Boscarino J.A. Posttraumatic stress disorder and physical illness: Results from clinical and epidemiologic studies. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 2004, 1032:141-153. 10.1196/annals.1314.011.
3. Boscarino J.A., Forsberg C.W., Goldberg J. A twin study of association between PTSD symptoms and rheumatoid arthritis. Psychosomatic Medicine 2010, 72:481-486. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d9a80c.
4. Boyko E.J., Jacobson I.G., Smith B., Ryan M.A., Hooper T.I., Amoroso P.J., Gackstetter G.D., Barrett-Connor E., Smith T.C. Risk of diabetes in U.S. military service members in relation to combat deployment and mental health. Diabetes Care 2010, 33:1771-1777. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d9a80c.
5. Coughlin S.S. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease. Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal 2011, 5:164-170. 10.2174/1874192401105010164.
6. Edmundson D., Cohen B.E. Posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease. Progress in Cardiovascular Disease 2013, 55:548-556. 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.03.004.
7. Fink G. Stress controversies: Post-traumatic stress disorder, hippocampal volume, gastroduodenal ulceration. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 2011, 23:107-117. 10.1111/j. 1365-2826.2010.02089.x.
8. First M.B., Spitzer R.L., Gibbon M., Williams J.B.W. Strukturirani klinički intervju za poremećaje s osi I iz DSM-IV-klinička verzija (SKID-KV) 2000, Naklada Slap, Jastrebarsko.
9. Ginzburg K., Ein-Dor T., Solomon Z. Comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression: A 20-year longitudinal study of war veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders 2010, 123:249-257. 10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.006.
10. Ginzburg K., Solomon Z. Trajectories of stress reactions and somatization symptoms among war veterans: A 20-year longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine 2011, 41:353-362. 10.1017/S0033291710000528.
11. Glaesmer H., Brähler E., Gündel H., Riedel-Heller S.G. The association of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder with physical morbidity in old age: A German population-based study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2011, 73:401-406. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31821b47e8.
12. Guerra C., Cumsille P., Martinez M.L. Post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents exposed to an earthquake: Association with self-efficacy, perceived magnitude, and fear. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2014, 14:165-177. 10.1016/j.ijchp.2014.05.001.
13. Gupta M.A., Gupta A.K. Chronic idiopathic urticaria and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): An under-recognized comorbidity. Clinics in Dermatology 2012, 30:351-354. 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.01.012.
14. Keane T.M., Cadell J.M., Taylor K.L. Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Three studies in reliability and validity. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology 1988, 56:85-90.
15. Kortum E., Leka S., Cox T. Psychosocial risks and work-related stress in developing countries: Health impact, priorities, barriers and solutions. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 2010, 23:225-238. 10.2478/v10001-010-0024-5.
16. Kulka A., Schlenger W.E., Fairbank J.A., Jordan B.K., Hough R.L., Marmar C.R., Weiss D.S. Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in the community: Prospects and pitfalls from recent studies of Vietnam veterans. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology 1991, 3:547-560. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.3.4.547.
17. McTeague L.M., Lang P.J., Laplante M.C., Cuthbert B.N., Shumen J.R., Bradley M.M. Aversive imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder: Trauma recurrence, comorbidity, and physiological reactivity. Biological Psychiatry 2010, 67:346-356. 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.023.
18. Nemčić-Moro I., Frančišković T., Britvić D., Klarić M., Zečević I. Disorder of extreme stress not otherwise specified (DESNOS) in Croatian war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Case-control study. Croatian Medical Journal 2011, 52:505-512. 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.505.
19. Olff M., Güzelcan Y., de Vries G.J., Assies J., Gersons B.P. HPA- and HPT-axis alterations in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2006, 31:1220-1230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.09.003.
20. O'Toole B.I., Catts S.V. Trauma, PTSD, and physical health: An epidemiological study of Australian Vietnam veterans. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2008, 64:33-40. 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.07.006.
21. Qureshi S.U., Pyne J.M., Magruder K.M., Schultz P.E., Kunik M.E. The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and physical comorbidities: A systematic review. Psychiatric Quarterly 2009, 80:87-97. 10.1007/s11126-009-9096-4.
22. Radley J.J., Kabbaj M., Jacobson L., Heydendael W., Yehuda R., Herman J.P. Stress risk factors and stress-related pathology: Neuroplasticity, epigenetics and endophenotypes. Stress 2011, 14:481-497. 10.3109/10253890.2011.604751.
23. Raison C.L., Capuron L., Miller A.H. Cytokines sing the blues: Inflammation and the pathogenesis of depression. Trends in Immunology 2006, 27:24-31. 10.1016/j.it.2005.11.006.
24. Vasterling J.J., Schumm J., Proctor S.P., Gentry E., King D.W., King L.A. Posttraumatic stress disorder and health functioning in a non-treatment seeking sample of Iraq war veterans: A prospective analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 2008, 45:347-358. 10.1682/JRRD.2007.05.0077.
25. World Health Organization International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) 1992, WHO, Geneva.
26. Yehuda R. Sensitization of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) 1997, 821:57-75. 10.1111/j. 1749-6632.1997.tb48269.x.
27. Zen A.L., Whooley M.A., Zhao S., Cohen B.E. Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with poor health behaviors: Findings from the heart and soul study. Health Psychology 2012, 31:194-201. 10.1037/a0025989.