Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Combat and Deployment with Special Emphasis on the Gulf War (Gulf War Illnesses Series)

• Author: David Marlowe
• ISBN 10: 0833026852
• ISBN 13: 9780833026859
• Release: March 20, 2001
• Format: Paperback (212 pages)
• List Price: $45.00
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  List Price: $45.00

  Tags: History, Middle East, Iraq,

  Book Description:
  This book argues that, to be most helpful to veterans, we must deal with this issue of complexity and not simply focus on a hypothecated or hoped for singular cause of Gulf War illness. Research in neuroscience has demonstrated that the boundary between the external world and the brain and body has been broken. While some data remain ambiguous and direct causal effect cannot be given to stress per se, the overall patterns of research findings demonstrate that stress is a contributing factor to many illnesses, including somatic and psychological symptoms. Therefore, very real consequences attend those who experience prolonged sub-acute chronic stress, which characterized the Gulf deployment, combat, and return home. It is feasible that the effects of these stresses made some soldiers more vulnerable to environmental pathogens, both in the theater and at home, than they would otherwise have been

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