Medicine and warPub Date : 1994-01-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009408409140
R J McIvor
{"title":"The Third European Conference on Traumatic Stress.","authors":"R J McIvor","doi":"10.1080/07488009408409140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009408409140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"10 1","pages":"63-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009408409140","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18908801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1994-01-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009408409138
J D Frank
{"title":"Some psychopathological and sociopsychological determinants of bloodthirstiness.","authors":"J D Frank","doi":"10.1080/07488009408409138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009408409138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article briefly reviews the life histories of five recent bloodthirsty leaders to discern shared features of their early childhoods and their cultures related to this trait. Three features of societies that foster transformation of widespread latent into manifest bloodthirstiness are noted. Two areas especially warranting further study are the contributions of genetic-organic factors and the relation of this trait to the power drive.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"10 1","pages":"36-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009408409138","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19161643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1994-01-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009408409136
F Hume, D Summerfield
{"title":"After the war in Nicaragua: a psychosocial study of war wounded ex-combatants.","authors":"F Hume, D Summerfield","doi":"10.1080/07488009408409136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009408409136","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite 150 wars in the Third World since 1945, there have been virtually no psychosocial studies of war wounded ex-combatants. This community study of 72 such men, on average 4.9 years post-injury, had both quantitative (General Health Questionnaire [GHQ] and clinical interview) and qualitative (personal narrative) components. Most men were coping adaptively. However their overall GHQ scores were significantly higher than an ex-combatant control group, suggesting relative psychological vulnerability (P = 0.001). 13 (18 per cent) had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) though in only three was this clinically significant, two of whom were aggressive alcoholics. Social dysfunction was a better indicator of the minority who needed psychological help than a diagnosis of PTSD. The one in three with a severe physical disability were not at greater risk than the rest of the group. Personal narratives illuminated the ways subjects had registered and responded to their war experiences. Identification with the social ideals being defended by the war effort had been psychologically bolstering. Ten severely disabled ex-Contra guerrillas, who had fought on the other side, were also interviewed. The availability of appropriate training/work, and thus the economic fortunes of the whole society, are likely to be major determinants of long-term psychosocial outcomes. Six illustrative personal histories are appended.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"10 1","pages":"4-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009408409136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19161644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1994-01-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009408409137
N A Coulter
{"title":"A psychosocial vaccine against militarism.","authors":"N A Coulter","doi":"10.1080/07488009408409137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009408409137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Militarism is considered to be a psychosocial disease. An aetiological agent for this disease has been identified. Acting much like a computer virus, this agent is shown to produce a radical transformation of the consciousness of parties in conflict, without their realizing what has happened. This results in a paranoid illusion in the minds of both parties, an illusion made real by the fact that both parties accept it as real. To provide immunity against militarism, a psychosocial vaccine has been developed, and is described.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"10 1","pages":"26-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009408409137","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19161642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409124
J M Weerts
{"title":"Nationalities in Europe: the risk of war and medical responsibility.","authors":"J M Weerts","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>War is often considered to be a way of solving political or economic problems. On the psychological level, war and acts of war are correlated with fear and guilt. In dealing with fear and guilt projection is a common defence mechanism, whereby others are scapegoated as the cause for one's own problems. This article presents an analysis of the relations between socio-political and economic problems, fear and guilt, and armed conflicts and wars. An alternative strategy is described, whereby people accept responsibility for the situation and work out solutions, based on a mature identity and by democratic processes. Conditions to promote this strategy are discussed. In the introduction some consequences of the last world war and of the work of the National Institute for the Victims of War in the Netherlands are described.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 4","pages":"326-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19295697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409128
{"title":"MEDACT: submission of evidence, May 1993.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 4","pages":"350-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19295698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409111
D Logie
{"title":"The human dimensions of international debt.","authors":"D Logie","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The burden of international debt in Latin America and Africa has caused serious health damage during the 1980s. It has been responsible for the deaths of many thousands of young children in the developing world. Despite efforts to solve the problem, debt will probably persist into the next century, draining the life-blood of poor countries. Reasons are discussed as to why doctors should take an active part in opposing the policies of the major financial institutions responsible for the reverse flow of capital from South to North.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 3","pages":"255-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19222689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409108
A M Wakhweya
{"title":"Health care in Africa--which way?","authors":"A M Wakhweya","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article gives a personal view of the health situation in a typical country in the South. Uganda is a country which is well endowed with natural resources, as are many countries in the South, but is plagued by poverty, conflict, endemic infectious diseases and, more recently, disease due to HIV. The article argues for an integrated solution to appropriate health care, proposing that good health results from sustainable development. It focuses on constraints to development such as conflict, militarization, environmental degradation, lack of community action, and inappropriate policies by both developing world governments and members of the international arena. All of these play a role in the achievement of sustainable equity world-wide.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 3","pages":"234-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19221315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-04-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409088
J Waterlow
{"title":"Malnutrition of children in developing countries: what can we do?","authors":"J Waterlow","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This informal paper is a personal account of the development of my work on malnourished children, starting with clinical studies in Jamaica and the challenge of an unacceptably high mortality rate; moving on to the problem of how to define less severe malnutrition in the community; and ending with some reflections on the enormously difficult question of prevention and the contribution that richer countries such as the UK could make.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 2","pages":"108-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19328397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1993-04-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009308409092
M Popović
{"title":"A time of hate and suffering.","authors":"M Popović","doi":"10.1080/07488009308409092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009308409092","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a personal view of some psychological aspects of the situation in former Yugoslavia.","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"9 2","pages":"141-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009308409092","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19328399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}