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Varieties of Combat Stress Reaction

An Immunological Metaphor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. Garb ,
I. Kutz ,
A. Bleich  and
Z. Solomon
R. Garb*
Affiliation:
Shalvatah Mental Health Centre, Hod Hasharon, and Head of Psychiatric Service at Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, (Department of Psychiatry, The George Washington University and Senior Research Associate, The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington DC)
I. Kutz
Affiliation:
Shalvatah Mental Health Centre, and Meir General Hospital
A. Bleich
Affiliation:
Central Mental Health Facility, and Post-Trauma Unit, Israel Defense Force, (Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical School, New York)
Z. Solomon
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Unit, Israel Defense Force
*
Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, 44281, Israel
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Abstract

The use of an immunological metaphor allows the incorporation of established theoretical ideas about trauma and stress in an integrative way which enables delineation and illustration of several varieties of combat stress reaction, including subtle forms of that condition which do not often appear in post-traumatic stress disorder literature.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 2 , August 1987 , pp. 248 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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