• Int Psychogeriatr · Oct 2007

    Comparative Study

    Sixty years later: post-traumatic stress symptoms and current psychopathology in former German children of World War II.

    • Philipp Kuwert, Carsten Spitzer, Anna Träder, Harald J Freyberger, and Michael Ermann.
    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Stralsund, Germany. kuwert@uni-greifswald.de
    • Int Psychogeriatr. 2007 Oct 1; 19 (5): 955-61.

    BackgroundThe aim of the study was to determine the amount of trauma impact, post-traumatic stress symptoms and current psychopathological distress in a sample of former German children of World War II.Methods93 participants were recruited through the local press, and assessed using the modified Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R).ResultsSubjects reported a high qualitative and quantitative degree of trauma exposure. 13.8% reported PTSD-related symptoms after the war, and 10.8% reported current symptoms. PTSD symptoms after World War II were significantly correlated with current psychopathological distress.ConclusionsIn line with other studies, our data document a high degree of trauma exposure during warchildhood. In comparison with other studies on PTSD in warchildren, there is a persisting high prevalence of war-associated PTSD symptoms in this sample. Despite some methodological limitations, our data underline the urgent need for further studies on the ageing group of former children of World War II.

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