Methodological refinements and further focus on the role of wives/mothers in buffering the impact of veterans' PTSD symptomatology on their children are indicated. Further effort to support families of Veterans with PTSD is also indicated.

Disclosure of traumatic experiences is related to health benefits and is central to therapy for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, neither naturalistic patterns of trauma disclosures nor the outcomes of such disclosures have been established empirically. This article reports the development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of a 16-item instrument assessing characteristics of traumatic event disclosureinhibition, emotional disclosure, and cognitive disclosure-to spouses. Furthermore, the association between the trauma disclosure of 103 Australian police officers and their adjustment is presented. The disclosure subscales demonstrate adequate internal consistency and also predict several psychological outcomes. Consistent with prior literature, officers who did not discuss their trauma experience experienced more psychological distress and traumatic stress. However, failure to observe benefits for cognitive disclosure is discussed with regard to the role of negative appraisals in PTSD and differences between naturalistic and experimental disclosure.

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The cytology and bacteriology of urethral urine specimens and expressed prostatic secretions were examined in 24 infertile men suspected of having chronic prostatitis. Lencocytes were found and commensal bacteria cultured from most subjects but these were unrelated to clinical features, seminal characteristics or the outcome of treatment. Infection with pathogenic bacteria was not found in any subject. Despite this, there was a significant increase in sperm motility after antibacterial treatment, principally with erythromycin or cotrimoxazole, and three pregnancies coincided with the improvement. It is concluded that antibacterial therapy may improve fertility in patients with low sperm motility, but more investigation is necessary before the role of genital tract infection in male infertility can be placed in its proper perspective.