Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 24 No. (1-2), 1992.
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Review on the group of war prisoners from Slavonia region
Željka Vukušić-Mihaljević
Jelena Barkić
Silvio Mihaljević
Nikola Mandić
Pavo Filaković
Đurđica Bosnić
Abstract
In the group of 51 war prisoners captured in the period of December 1991 to March 1992, placed in District Prison in Osijek, we tried to determine psychosocial factors by means of the questionary as well as we tried to estimate mental health by psychiatric check up and usage of a short psychiatric rating scale (BPRS). The results obtained show that the group consisted of Croatian inhabitans, Serbs of elder age, low educational level, mostly employed whose motivation for warring was based on irrational fears arroused by Serbian mass media indoctrination and by anticipation of losses. The level of intesity of the symptoms: excitement, tension, anxiety according to BPRS in the group of war prisoners can be explained by situational war factors while there is no symptoms that would refer to psychopathological entity. Low intensity of the found symptoms is partly due to respect of the principles of Geneve Convention - no violence and terror during the stay in prison.
Keywords
war prisoners; psychosocial and psychic characteristics
Hrčak ID:
195334
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1992.
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