OBJECTIVE We conducted a retrospective evaluation of bone mineral density data collected during routine medical follow-up evaluations of 241 Vietnam-era male repatriated prisoners of war, with and without the lifetime diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and 79 subjects in a comparison group. METHODS Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans evaluated total hip and lumbar spine T-s...

PREFACE .......................................................................................327 I. OVERVIEW .......................................................................................327 II. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CAN CAUSE SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC HARM .......................................................................................333 A. Solitary Confinement Can Cause a Specific ...

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, numerous prisons in the United States have operated in a state of crisis.1 The sheer number of persons incarcerated during these years overwhelmed the capacity to safely and humanely house and administer to the prisoners placed under correctional control. Policies of mass incarceration that were pursued over these decades created drastic shortages of space and res...

the purpose of this study was to examine the likelihood of brain damage in shell shock injured patients by comparing their cognitive functioning with three groups of injured patients, prisoner of was with ptsd, and normal individuals.all groups were administrered wchsler memory scale, benton visual etention, dailler cancellation, smith digit symbol and wisconsin card sorting tests. the findings...

PURPOSE This study aimed at analyzing the causes of death of prisoners of war (POWs) during the Korean War (1950-1953) who fought for the Communist side (North Korea and the People's Republic of China). In 1998, the United States Department of Defense released new information about the prisoners including, 7,614 deaths of the POW during the Korean War. The data on the causes of death of the POW...