The author analyzed the influence of work attitude on working ability among those affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research was conducted during 3 years (1997-2000) at the ...Psychiatric Clinic, Clinical Hospital Osijek, Osijek, Croatia. The sample consisted of 160 subjects divided into two groups, each consisting of 80 subjects assessed and estimated by a psychiatrist who treated them as able to work (first group) or unable to work (second group). Work attitudes of the patients, of their significant others, and of the psychiatrist who treated them were measured. No differences in terms of attitudes toward work between the groups were found. Work attitude of the significant person within the family was the major factor, which indirectly (through work attitudes of those affected) influences working ability of those affected by PTSD. The attitude toward work of the psychiatrist who treated the patient did not significantly affect working ability.
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BFBNIB, DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
This study examines affective and behavioral symptomatology in two groups of school‐age children who were traumatized to different degrees during the war in Croatia (N = 1034). Six self‐reported ...questionnaires were used to assess the following: number and type of war experiences, PTSD symptoms, anxiety, depression, psychosomatic symptoms, and psychosocial adaptation. Canonical discriminant analysis yielded a significant discriminant function that indicates moderate differentiation between the two groups of children according to the assessed symptoms. The results of a 2 × 2 × 2 ANOVAs (gender × age × level of traumatization) indicate that the children’s reactions to war traumata varied in respect to all factors, as well as their interaction. The results indicate that gender differences are more prominent in older children. Older girls report more posttraumatic stress reactions, anxiety and depression, but at the same time seem better adapted than boys. Younger children, particularly those who survived more war even report more PTSD symptoms than older children.
The aim of this study was to assess how war psychotrauma, refugee status and other factors relate to self-image. Psychotherapeutic-psychiatric interview, the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ), ...questionnaires for measuring war stressors, posttraumatic stress reactions (PTS-reactions), depression and general data were administered. A total of 322 adolescents from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia were included in the study. In 60.32% of the examinees, more than four war stressors were encountered. In 13.68% of the examinees, high PTS-reactions occurred. The refugees had nearly four times higher odds (aOR=3.66; 95% CI=1.63-8.2; p<0.01) of having a higher Offer score for the sexual attitudes subscale. Lower war stress had 0.28 times lower odds (aOR=0.28; 95% CI=0.11-0.71; p<0.01) of having a higher Offer score for the sexual attitudes subscale. More severe PTS-reactions had six times higher odds (aOR=6.15; 95% CI=1.7-22.2; p<0.01) of reaching a higher Offer score for the emotional tone subscale. War psychotrauma and refugee status are related to poorer adjustment only in some of the OSIQ subscales. Practical measures of joined sexually preventive/therapeutic activities are proposed, as well as educational and preventive/therapeutic psychotrauma models.
V članku, ki temelji na slovenskih, hrvaških in avstrijskih arhivskih virih, so prikazana manj znana dejstva o vlogi častnikov nekdanje habsburške armade v diplomatskem boju za jugoslovanske meje v ...času pariške mirovne konference leta 1919. Izmed tistih, ki so se po spletu zgodovinskih okoliščin znašli v vlogi podpornikov diplomatskih prizadevanj nove države, so v članku predstavljena besedila treh častnikov: Svetozarja Boroevića de Bojne, Slavka Kvaternika in Rudolfa Maistra.
HNS-ov prijedlog izmjene Izbornog zakona, nakon što je Ustavni sud donio odluku
na temelju pritužbe Dr. Bože Ljubića, samo je jedan, ali odlučan korak u smjeru poboljšanja
političkog položaja ...hrvatskog naroda u Federaciji BiH. Inicijativa koju su hrvatski
zvaničnici i predstavnici nedavno pokrenuli i uveli u javne rasprave, dočekana je u odgovarajućim
bošnjačkim krugovima s velikim protivljenjem i jednodušnom ocjenom da se radi o
opasnom pothvatu koji prijeti samim temeljima države. U stvari ono što je odbačeno jeste
razlog za koji se sluti da stoji iza ove inicijative: sve žalbe o političkom statusu hrvatskog
naroda su lažne i neopravdane
HNS-ov prijedlog očito prijeti da uvede u postojeće pravno-političko ustrojstvo Federacije
nešto što sije paniku među onima kojima je stalo da očuvaju status quo (tj. nesimetrične
odnose moći između dva konstitutivna naroda). Čini se da su oponenti posve svjesni o
čemu se tu radi i što se ne smije dopustiti: Hrvati, ne tek kao zbir građana pojedinaca,
nego kao poseban narod kojemu pripadaju grupna prava. Suprotstavljena su zapravo dva
nepomirljiva nazora na ustavnu strukturu dane političke zajednice, pri čemu oba imaju
jasno etno-nacionalno obilježje. Dilema stoga glasi: treba li Federacija BiH biti nešto kao
jedna-nacija-entitet ili istinski višenacionalni entitet, tj. federacija u pravom smislu riječi?
Od početka agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu, točnije od 1991. godine vode se polemike
o ustavnom uređenju BiH. Mirovni planovi i sporazumi koji su trebali odrediti ustavno
uređenje BiH kao složene ...države nisu provedeni u djelo zbog različitog viđenja ustavnog
uređenja Bosne i Hercegovine od triju konstitutivnih naroda Hrvata, Srba i Bošnjaka/Muslimana.
Jedan od dva uvjeta za priznanje BiH bio je i Cutileirov plan, koji je BiH odredio kao
složenu državu sastavljenu od tri republike određene po etničkom principu. Taj dio plana u
djelo nisu proveli predsjednik Izetbegović i izabrani bošnjački političari iako je to bio uvjet
za priznanje samostalne i suverene BiH. Tri različita ustavna uređenja BiH koja zastupaju tri
konstitutivna naroda BiH se protežu od početka rata pa do danas. Ta tri uređenja su: Bošnjaci
– građansko uređenje; Hrvati – federalno uređenje; Srbi - vlastita država. Svi mirovni
planovi za BiH su, osim zadovoljavanja brojnih čimbenika poput gospodarskih, kulturnih,
vjerskih i drugih, uključivali prije svega i etnički čimbenik. Proglašenje svih planova za prekid
rata podjelom BiH od većine bošnjačkih političara i dijela međunarodne zajednice je još
jedan od pokušaja izgradnje BiH kao građanske države gdje bi vrijedilo pravilo jedan čovjek
– jedan glas. Daytonskim mirovnim sporazumom došlo je do prekida rata u BiH i uspostave
mira, ali nije došlo do uspostave održive i prosperitetne BiH. S novim ustavnim uređenjem,
koje je nužno za postizanje jednakopravnosti triju konstitutivnih naroda, Bosna i Hercegovina
bi ostvarila razvoj i bio bi joj olakšan pristup ulasku u Europsku uniju. Ostvarivanje
jednakopravnosti među konstitutivnim narodima BiH može biti ostvareno samo drugačijim
uređenjem Bosne i Hercegovine.
This paper describes a patient who is suffering from PTSD with elements of hypochondria, panic attacks and episodes of depression in comorbidity with kidney stones. Kidney stones provoked ...egzacerbation of psychiatric symptoms. Kidney stones and frustration about them have taken part of provoking factor, the last drop, which led to regression of otherwise precarious, but compensated patient's mental functioning which resulted in development of psychiatric symptoms.
This study examined self-inflicted burns in case series of four patients with chronic combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Those patients were hospitalized in the Burn Unit of the ...University Hospital of Traumatology in Zagreb because of severe burns and had a premorbid psychiatric history of PTSD. Demographic data and information regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident, burn severity, treatment and outcomes of these patients were collected. The authors have analyzed possible impacts of the sensationalistic way in which media present cases of self-inflicted burning that induce other, new cases of this suicide type, known in the literature as "Werther's syndrome". The importance of multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of burn patients is stressed with emphasis on the important role of liaison psychiatrist in treating these patients. It is necessary to educate media people to avoid sensational reporting on this kind of events. Continuous psychiatric treatment of vulnerable individuals could be useful in prevention of self-inflicted burns.
This paper analyses French cultural diplomacy in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, a country created after the First World War as a result of the Franco-Serbian military alliance during ...the war. Cultural diplomacy is examined as part of broader French political and economical action in Eastern Europe to organise the small newly created countries into the French field of interest and oppose Germany. French cultural diplomacy in the Kingdom of SCS had two aspects: the symbolical and the concrete. Its aim was to spread positive feelings towards France in the ex-Austria-Hungarian regions of the Kingdom, where France was unknown or seen as an enemy, and to maintain the pro-French attitude of the majority of Serbs. The aim was to contribute to the 'internal equalisation and strengthening' of the new ethnically and religiously heterogeneous country, by using culture as a 'soft power'. French cultural diplomacy in the Kingdom of SCS is analysed in its local, regional and European context and in a short- and long-term perspective.
Depression is the most frequent disorder of today. It is unique for the fact that it can become a comorbid illness with almost any other psychiatric disorder. Premorbid depression is also a risk ...factor for the development of PTSD, while at the same time traumatic experience is a risk factor for the development of depression. These facts show us that a close connection between these two diagnostic entities exists. Aim of this research was to analyze the levels of depressiveness in patients that were hospitalized and patients that were treated in the Day hospital. Also, to establish the connection of age, time spent in combat (war), length of treatment and number of hospitalizations with the results from the Beck's depression inventory.
Participants were divided into two groups, 36 patients that were treated for PTSD in a hospital setting and 64 patients that were treated in the Day hospital. Participants completed Beck's self-evaluation inventory for depression, as it assesses the degree of depression.
Two groups did not differ regarding to age, time spent in combat (war), the length of treatment and level of depressiveness assessed by Beck's depression inventory. Score on Beck's depression inventory was significantly positively correlated with the age of participants and the number of hospitalizations. Older participants and participants that were hospitalized more often score higher on Beck's depression inventory.
Results show that there is no difference between the two groups of participants of differing levels of depressiveness, but depression most often presents as severe depression in both groups of participants. Older participants and participants that were hospitalized more often are more depressed. This research points to the fact that it is necessary to treat PTSD and depression at the same time, because parallel treatment of these comorbid disorders leads to a decrease of the rate of suicide, due to the fact that depression is often the leading cause of suicide.
