Psychopathology subtypes and symptom correlates among former prisoners of war |
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Authors: | Patricia B. Sutker Daniel K. Winstead Kenneth C. Goist Robert M. Malow Albert N. Allain Jr. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Veterans Administration Medical Center, 70146 New Orleans, Louisiana;(2) Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana;(3) Psychology Service (116B), Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1601 Perdido Street, 70146 New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Abstract: | Psychopathology and symptom patterns were studied in 60 former prisoners-of-war (POWs) by administering standardized tests including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), an adjustment problem checklist, and a structured clinical interview. Most POWs showed marked psychological impairment, but modal profile analysis identified two prototypic MMPI patterns, which differed in pervasiveness and type of psychopathology. Profile subtypes were defined by unique clusters of clinical symptoms and differed in confinement stress severity. The typology of symptoms argues against a homogeneous conceptualization of stress-induced disorders and suggests the need for definition of the severity and subtype of stress phenomena and individual difference factors in responding to trauma. |
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Keywords: | posttraumatic stress disorder ex-prisoners of war chronic stress psychopathology |
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