The diathesis-stress model in the emergence of major psychiatric disorders during military service.

The diathesis-stress model in the emergence of major psychiatric disorders during military service. Psychiatriki. 2019 Oct-Dec;30(4):291-298 Authors: Chasiropoulou C, Siouti N, Mougiakos T, Dimitrakopoulos S Abstract Existing evidence and the diathesis-stress model hypothesis suggest that stress as an environmental factor may trigger the onset of psychiatric disorders, such as psychosis spectrum disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, in people with an underlying vulnerability. The purpose of this study was to determine the period of time during military service at which symptomatology of clinical significance is more often developed, considering that stress of service and adaptation to its requirements is common to all army recruits. A retrospective file study for the years 2017-2018 was conducted in order to identify male soldiers who were hospitalized in the psychiatric clinic of 414 Athens Military hospital and diagnosed as F20-29, F30-39 and F40-48 according to ICD-10. The number of hospitalizations per clinical diagnosis and the time of onset relatively to the month of military service were examined. A total of 139 cases were screened, 119 of which had disorders falling into the diagnostic categories F20-29, F30-39 and F40-48. 53% of total hospitalizations took place within the first two months of a nine-month military service. It was found that the risk of disorder onset within the first two months of military service wa...
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