Spitzer Carsten, Ulrich Ines, Plock Kathryn, Mothes Jörn, Drescher Anne, Gürtler Lena, Freyberger Harald J, Barnow Sven
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald am HANSE-Klinikum Stralsund.
Psychiatr Prax. 2007 Mar;34(2):81-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-940059. Epub 2006 Dec 7.
While there are numerous studies on the mental sequelae of political imprisonment in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), there is little knowledge about the prevalence of mental disorders in victims of other forms of political persecution.
74 individuals, who were subject to non-criminal repressions in the GDR, were investigated by means of a standardized psychiatric interview.
They had been exposed to a variety of reprisals such as observations, purposeful indiscretions, arranged professional failure and other forms of social marginalization. At least one mental disorder was found in 60 % of the participants. Affective disorders were the most common ones with a lifetime prevalence of 38 %, followed by anxiety (23 %) and somatoform disorders (28 %).
The frequency of mental disorders in our sample of politically persecuted people was higher than in the general population and similar to that of political prisoners, who only show higher rates of anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorders.
虽然有大量关于前德意志民主共和国（东德）政治监禁精神后遗症的研究，但对于其他形式政治迫害受害者精神障碍的患病率了解甚少。
通过标准化精神科访谈对74名曾在东德遭受非刑事镇压的个体进行调查。
他们遭受了各种报复，如监视、蓄意泄密、蓄意职业失败以及其他形式的社会边缘化。60%的参与者至少患有一种精神障碍。情感障碍最为常见，终生患病率为38%，其次是焦虑症（23%）和躯体形式障碍（28%）。
我们政治迫害人群样本中的精神障碍发生率高于普通人群，与政治犯相似，政治犯仅表现出较高的焦虑症和创伤后应激障碍发生率。
