The American journal of orthopsychiatry
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Am J Orthopsychiatry · Apr 2000
Comorbidity of substance use and post-traumatic stress disorders in a community sample of adolescents.
A study of 384 18-year-old adolescents living in the community demonstrated a frequent co-occurrence of substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Multiple pathways appeared to lead to this comorbidity, which was associated with widespread psychological impairment that might have serious developmental consequences. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Am J Orthopsychiatry · Oct 1999
Post-traumatic stress symptomatology among health care professionals in Croatia.
Post-traumatic stress symptomatology was found in 22 of 25 health care professionals working in postwar Croatia. Assessment of exposure to war trauma and of the subjective impact of this exposure found the former more predictive of post-traumatic stress. Results suggest that the situations faced by health care professionals in war and postwar environments may be considered independent traumatic stressors, and that the symptomatology arising from such exposure may last for years. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
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Am J Orthopsychiatry · Jul 1997
Relation of parental affective illness to family, dyadic, and individual functioning: an observational study of family interaction.
Family, dyadic, and individual functioning were examined in 18 control families and 41 families with a history of maternal affective illness-including 26 in which husbands also had a history of psychiatric illness. Assessments of functioning, based on observed family interactions, indicated that families with a history of affective illness are more likely to have functional problems, and that problems may differ as a function of type of diagnosis and number of ill parents. Findings suggest that clinical program planning should take into account variability within groups, as well as individual competencies.
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Public concern with the national level of violence is discussed, and the complexity of the issue delineated. Research findings in two key areas of the topic, media violence and availability of firearms, are examined, as is their applicability to public policy efforts and recommendations for the prevention of violence. An approach that combines efforts to counteract media violence with those aimed at effective gun control is outlined in terms of bringing about changes in attitudes toward violence and firearm possession.
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Am J Orthopsychiatry · Oct 1993
Loneliness, depression, stress, and social supports in neglectful families.
Comparisons of neglectful with non-neglectful low-SES parents revealed that the neglectful parents reported more life stresses, greater depression and loneliness, and weaker informal social supports. In the neglectful families, loneliness was positively associated with life stresses and negatively associated with network supports, but not with caseworker-assessed social isolation.