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...

Abstract Background Prisoners report much higher prevalence rates of drug use and more harmful consumption patterns than the general population. People who drugs have above-average experiences with criminal justice system in general, prison subsequent release situations particular. Release from is associated increased mortality among users due to risk overdose. The EU-funded project ‘My first 4...

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 ...

BACKGROUND The prison situations are notorious for causing interruptions of tuberculosis (TB) treatment and occurrence of unfavorable outcomes. In Ethiopian prisons, though TB treatment programs exist, treatment outcome results and factors contributing to unsuccessful outcome are not well documented. In this study, we assessed the treatment outcome of TB cases and identified risk factors for un...

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. ...

At midyear 1997, more than 1.7 million people, or 1 of every 155 U.S. residents, were in either jail or prison. At yearend 1997, 1 of every 117 males and 1 of every 1,852 females in this country were sentenced prisoners under State or Federal criminal jurisdiction.1 Fifteen million arrests are made annually,2 and more than 10 million individuals are released from detention each year. Approximat...

Not all heroin users that enter the prison estate continue to use or access opiate maintenance detoxification treatment programmes. Some prisoners decide self-detoxify. The literature on self-detoxification is thin and focuses decisions practices of in community settings. Less attention has been given role body lived experience aim this paper therefore examine process prison, with a particular ...

In Ethiopia, different political reforms have taken place. Following this, the country circled viciously into wars at many times. The Derg regime deposed Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. And was defeated by Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition party 1991. Albeit ruled Ethiopia for more than 27 years, it obliged to make reform because of high protest from Oromo youths. Howeve...