Assessment of Long-Term Psychosocial Sequelae Among POW Survivors of the Korean Conflict

摘要: Psychological and psychiatric assessments were performed among 20 prisoner-of-war (POW) Korean-Conflict survivors. Results revealed extraordinary biological psychological abuse with weight losses exceeding 35% of preservice weights long-term cognitive, emotional, behavioral sequelae. The full range posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms was seen in 90% to 100% the cases high prevalence co-morbidity, specifically mood (75%), other anxiety (45%), alcohol (20%) disorders. Documented by clinical investigators at POW release now more than 30 years later, apprehensiveness, confusion, detachment, depression reflect persistence morbidity over time.