Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom in Comparison With Those Veterans of Other Conflicts. (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gros, Daniel F.; Szafranski, Derek D.; Acierno, Ron
• Is Part Of: Military behavioral health. Volume 4:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 383
• Page End: 389
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Comorbidity -- combat theater -- OIF/OEF -- subthreshold; Military psychiatry -- Periodicals; Combat -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 355.345
• DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2016.1182089
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2163-5781

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Limited research exists on comparing psychiatric symptomatology in veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) and other conflicts. The present study investigated psychiatric symptoms in 238 treatment-seeking veterans. After controlling for demographic differences, participants from OEF/OIF demonstrated a significantly smaller percentage of full diagnosis post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), smaller percentage of comorbid depression, and less severe self-reported PTSD intrusions than veterans from other conflicts. The present findings may help to explain previously identified differences in treatment outcome in veterans from OEF/OIF and other conflicts.