Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorders(PTSD)may follow civilian psychological trauma .This study was an attempt to identify the frequency of clinical features of this significant disorder among Iraqi patients who exposed to various forms of sever civilian trauma ,and also to explore the effectiveness of psychotropic medications used in treatment ,and available in Iraqi market . For this purpose, 25 patients with a diagnosis of PTSD were studied carefully. Symptoms were sever according to the number of Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) items fulfilled ,chronicity and severity of psychosocial disability .Antidepressants had good or moderate results in 69% of cases treated ,but major tranquilizers were much less effective.
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Article
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Al-zaidi, Adel A. Monicher
(2026)
"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraqi Patients Clinical Features and Psychopharmacological Treatment,"
Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
5, Article 6.
DOI: 10.28922/qmj.2008.4.5.49-53
Available at:
https://qmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol4/iss5/6
First Page
49
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53
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