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nightmares, irritability, ruminations, isolation, and startle reactions.23 In populations experiencing active war, there is strong
evidence
for
high
rates
of
23
See Kinzie et al.(1984), Post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of Cambodian concentration camps, AMER.J.PSYCHIAT., 141, 645-650;
Eitinger.(1961), Pathology of the concentration camp syndrome, PSYCHIAT., 5, 371-379; Ostwald & Bittner.(1968), Life adjustment after severe
persecution, AMER.J.PSYCHIAT., 124, 1393-1400.