Abstract
Combat stress has often been implicated in the genesis of psychiatric disturbances.1,2 Combat-related trauma may be conceived of as a multistaged process.3,4 During a war or shortly therafter the most common pathological manifestation is combat stress reaction (CSR). After the actual threat of war is lifted, the most common and conspicuous variety of combat pathology is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CSR is characterized by labile polymorphic manifestations ranging from overwhelming anxiety through total withdrawal and resulting in extreme behavior and seriously impaired functioning.3 PTSD is characterized by reexperiencing the traumatic event, numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world, and a variety of autonomic, dysphoric, or cognitive symptoms.
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Solomon, Z. (1989). From CSR to PTSD. In: Lerer, B., Gershon, S. (eds) New Directions in Affective Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3524-8_97
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