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  • Title: Time does not heal all wounds: quality of life and psychological distress of people who survived the holocaust as children 55 years later.
    Author: Amir M, Lev-Wiesel R.
    Journal: J Trauma Stress; 2003 Jun; 16(3):295-9. PubMed ID: 12816343.
    Abstract:
    The present study assessed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, psychological distress, and subjective quality of life (QoL) in a group of 43 child Holocaust survivors and a community sample of 44 persons who had not personally experienced the Holocaust. The participants were administered the PTSD-Scale, the SCL-90, and the WHOQOL-Bref. Results showed that the child survivors had higher PTSD symptom scores, higher depression, anxiety, somatization, and anger-hostility scores; and lower physical, psychological, and social QoL than did the comparison group. The findings suggest that the psychological consequences of being a child during the Holocaust can be long lasting.
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