Prevalence and predictors for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and general health in a population from six villages in South Lebanon

Abstract

The results strongly suggest that the general population in South Lebanon suffer from mental health disorders calling for appropriate psychiatric interventions and development planning.

Patterns of Psychiatric Morbidity Before and After a War in Lebanon at Twelve Months Following Cessation of Hostilities

“…The objective of this study was to re-assess populations in the six villages studied South of Lebanon for the prevalence of PTSD, depression and general health one year after a war that took place in July 2006 and compare the results to a study conducted on these villages in 2005 [25]. To date, no other study has assessed psychiatric morbidity and general health pre and post conflict on the same population.…”

“…In 2005, five years after withdrawal from South Lebanon, a study by Farhood et al was conducted on six Southern Lebanese villages. The aim was to assess prevalence and predictors of PTSD, depression and general health [9,25].…”

Mental health of Special Forces personnel deployed in battle

“…Hoge et al [9] reports that the US Marines have similar rates of PTSD, major depression and generalized anxiety disorder as regular R. Hanwella Á V. de Silva (&) Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka e-mail: varunidesilva2@yahoo.co.uk infantry units. Among civilians exposed to war, the rates of PTSD were higher than among military populations [18].…”

Endocrinological Mechanisms of Depressive Disorders and Ill Health

“…[17] PTSD is a serious psychological abnormality that can affect military and civilian personnel. [18][19][20] Depending on an individual's personality and resilience, PTSD can occur after exceedingly stressful incidents or seemingly minor ones.…”