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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 31 No. suppl 5, 2019.

Original scientific paper

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN BOSNIAN WAR VETERANS

Elvir Bećirović ; Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Esmina Avdibegović ; Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rusmir Softić ; Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mitra Mirković Hajdukov ; Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Abstract

Sexual functioning of war veterans is significantly under-explored. During devastating aggression on Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH)
around 400 thousand soldiers were included in combats. It is estimated that more than 100 000 persons were killed, and more tha n
60 000 them were soldiers. Vast majority of them were deployed since war is ended. We found high prevalence of sexual dysfunctions
in war veterans. Also significant difference in several areas of sexual functioning between war veterans with and without sympt oms
of posttraumatic stress disorder was found.

Keywords

sexual dysfunction; war; veterans

Hrčak ID:

269468

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/269468

Publication date:

21.12.2019.

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