MMPI profiles and post‐traumatic symptomatology in former prisoners of war

Sperr, Edwin; Sperr, Shelby J.; Craft, R. Bruce; Boudewyns, Patrick A.

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“…As in the earlier work, the scales that best differentiated the PTSD from non-PTSD subjects, and that produced the highest correlations with physiological responsivity to personal combat imagery, were those specifically designed to measure PTSD symptomatology (viz., the IOES and the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD). The pattern of MMPI results obtained here in the largely non-POW, WWII and Korean War PTSD veteran subjects (i.e., elevations on Scales F, 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8) was similar to that previously reported in WWII and Korean POW subjects (Goldstein, van Kammen, Shelly, Miller, & van Kammen, 1987; Klonoff, Clark, Horgan, Kramer, & McDougall, 1976; Sperr, Sperr, Craft, & Boudewyns, 1990; Sutker & Allain, 1991; Sutker et al, 1991).…”

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Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans.

Orr¹,

Pitman²,

Lasko³

et al. 1993

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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We assessed the heart rate, skin conductance, and left lateral frontalis electromyographic responses of World War II (WWII) and Korean War male veterans to recollection of their combat experiences by using a script-driven imagery technique previously validated in Vietnam veterans (Pitman et al., 1990;Pitman, Orr, Forgue, de Jong, & Claiborn, 1987). Medication-free subjects were classified on the basis of criteria from the revised third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders into posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; n = 8) and non-PTSD (« = 12) groups, which did not differ in overall combat exposure or severity of personal combat events. PTSD subjects' physiological responses during personal combat imagery were markedly larger than those of non-PTSD subjects', even though the self-reported emotional responses of the two groups were comparable. A physiological discriminant function derived from Vietnam veterans (Orr et al., 1990) correctly classified 7 of the 8 PTSD subjects (sensitivity was 88%) and 12 of the 12 non-PTSD subjects (specificity was 100%; p < .001).Much of the impetus behind the inclusion of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the modern psychiatric nomenclature (American Psychiatric Association, 1980) came from the recognition of the readjustment problems of Vietnam veterans during the decade following that conflict. Indeed, PTSD is sometimes misunderstood to be synonymous with the psychiatric problems of Vietnam veterans. Actually, PTSD can result from any combat or noncombat event that is "outside the range of usual human experience and that would be markedly distressing to almost anyone" (American Psychiatric Association, 1987, p. 250). The Vietnam War had no monopoly on such events. The psychiatric response to the stress of warfare has been recognized for centuries and has been variously described as irritable heart syndrome, shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, operational fatigue, and combat exhaustion (Schnurr, 1991;Trimble, 1984). Clinical evidence confirms the occurrence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed.;

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confidence: 87%

Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans.

Orr¹,

Pitman²,

Lasko³

et al. 1993

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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151

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“…The authors suggested that age at the time of review of ptsd among elderlystudy may moderate PTSD leading to lower symptom levels among WWII veterans. Other studies have also documented a higher level of PTSD symptoms among younger versus older veterans (Sperr et al, 1990).…”

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Review of assessment and treatment of PTSD among elderly American armed forces veterans

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Baker

Kasckow

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Validation of PTSD measures for older combat veterans

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This study evaluated three nosologically similar older groups (Older PTSD, POW, and Older Psychiatric) and a group of Younger PTSD veterans from Vietnam. Group membership was derived from index admission diagnoses and clinical validation of status. Groups were compared on the MMPI, PTSD measures, background variables, health measures and an outcome measure. Results showed that the Older PTSD group is closer to the Younger PTSD group than to the other groups on the MMPI and PTSD measures and also that members of this group remain in the hospital longer than do members of the other older groups. Parameters of effective test classification showed the PTSD measures to be helpful in correct identification of this disorder for the older groups.

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MMPI profiles and post‐traumatic symptomatology in former prisoners of war

Abstract: Results of this study found that prisoners of war (PO

Cited by 8 publications

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Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans.

Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans.

Review of assessment and treatment of PTSD among elderly American armed forces veterans

Validation of PTSD measures for older combat veterans

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