Knobler H Y, Fainstein V, Maizel S, Itzchaky S, Lerner Y
Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Isr J Med Sci. 1994 Jul;30(7):524-7.
A descriptive study of all the admissions to a psychiatric hospital in Israel during the first month of the persian Gulf War was carried out. There was no decline in the number of admissions, and all the admitted 31 patients were civilians. War-related symptoms were manifest at the admission of 12 patients. Delusions of war-related content were prevalent, sometimes with corresponding hallucinations; three cases with these features are described briefly. There appeared to be an over-representation of female patients whose families originated in the Persian Gulf area. These findings may help in the planning of psychiatric services for similar future emergencies.
对海湾战争第一个月期间以色列一家精神病医院收治的所有患者进行了描述性研究。入院人数没有下降，所有收治的31名患者均为平民。12名患者入院时出现了与战争相关的症状。与战争相关内容的妄想很普遍，有时伴有相应的幻觉；简要描述了具有这些特征的3个病例。来自波斯湾地区家庭的女性患者似乎占比过高。这些发现可能有助于为未来类似紧急情况规划精神科服务。
