The paper illustrates the research on post-traumatic disorders conducted in Kraków at the Department of Psychotherapy and the Department of Psychiatry of the Jagiellonian University Medical College after 1989. The political changes that occurred in Poland after 1989 allowed the research to be extended with new groups of survivors. Having conducted the research of the former concentration camp p...

OBJECTIVES We examined: (a) long-term effects of war-related trauma and captivity on posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), physical health, and subjective age; and (b) the moderation effect of PTSS and health on subjective age among ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and war veterans. METHOD Israeli veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War (mean age 57 years), including 111 ex-POWs and 167 matched vete...

Although highly researched among veterans, the underlying mechanisms of suicidal ideation (SI) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs), especially in the long-term, have rarely been investigated. Furthermore, while posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and loneliness have been individually associated with veteran SI, and both may be differentially implicated by captivity versus war traumas, the ...

The article examines the formation of Mykhailo Havrylko as a national artist, conscious Ukrainian citizen, beginnings his revolutionary activities, fascination with creative works and liberating ideas Taras Shevchenko, ardent desire to embody image Kobzar in sculpture. Emphasis is placed on «burning hatred» young artist towards despised Russian autocracy, participation organization Sich Rifleme...

the present survey covers a number of 91 iranian repatriated war prisoners who, six months after their freedom, approached three psychiatric clinics in tehran during 1989 and spring 1990. of these, 34 persons (37.4%) who showed higher symptoms of disorders were hospitalized and 57 (62.6%) who showed milder signs of disorders were carefully diagnosed mentally and psychologically as outpatients. ...

conclusions: about half of all prisoners suffered from psychiatric disorders; therefore treatment psychiatric disorder in this group is essential for prevention of crime. prisoners are at risk of mental disorders. therefore attention to mental health of prisoners is important. patients and methods: this cross sectional study was carried out in kashan prison (iran). 180 subjects were selected by...

During the Second World War frontal responsibility of northern Finland was held by German troops, who carried out large building projects to enhance poor infrastructure this peripheral region. This paper focuses on one biggest performed Wehrmacht and Organisation Todt in during War. The Hyrynsalmi-Kuusamo railway be built through a challenging landscape, people constantly overestimated their ow...