50年后的创伤再激活:在10月7日袭击后的基普尔战争退伍军人
Amit Shrira1, Lee Greenblatt-Kimron2, Yuval Palgi3
1Department of Social & Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Psychiatry research
|October 21, 2024
概括
在10月7日袭击之后,基普尔战争的退伍军人经历了增加的痛苦和可能的PTSD. 连接两次世界大战的侵入性想法加剧了这些老年人的创伤反应和心理健康问题.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 10月7日的恐怖袭击唤起了1973年基普尔战争的突然袭击的记忆.
- 老年人,特别是退伍军人,当面对类似事件时,可能容易受到创伤重启的影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估10月7日袭击对基普尔战争退伍军人的影响.
- 检查连接这两场战争的侵入性思想与心理痛苦之间的关联.
- 为了调查这种侵入性思想在创伤反应中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在网络上对297名吉普敦战争退伍军人 (年龄在68-88岁) 进行了调查.
- 调查问卷在10月7日袭击事件发生前5个月 (T1) 和2个月 (T2) 进行.
- 统计分析检查了可能的创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD),抑郁症和焦虑症的变化,以及侵入性思想的影响.
主要成果:
- 退伍军人中可能的PTSD率从T1的5.4%增加到T2的13.1%,从T1的5.4%增加到T2.
- 临床抑郁和焦虑率也在袭击后显著上升.
- 相当数量的退伍军人报告说,他们有与两次世界大战有关的侵入性想法,这预测了PTSD,抑郁症和焦虑症的增加.
结论:
- 10月7日的袭击导致了基普尔战争退伍军人的心理痛苦和可能的PTSD显著增加.
- 连接这两次意外袭击的侵入性想法在这个群体中很常见,并作为加剧心理健康症状的危险因素.
- 这些发现支持了压力解决的观点,强调了侵入性联系如何在老年退伍军人中引发创伤的重新激活.
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