المجلة المغاربية للدراسات التاريخية والإجتماعية
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 173-193
2024-01-13

"chronic Post-traumatic Stress Disorder In Mine Victims". (clinical Study Of 20 Cases In The Wilaya Of Tlemcen Algeria)

Authors : Otmani Naima .

Abstract

This study was on the topic: 'Post-traumatic neurosis in mine victims'. Where we made field visits to different areas of the state where the mine victims are located, and we filled out a data form prepared by the International Organization of Disabled Persons, with the purpose of collecting data and information on the variables of the study. The problem we started with: do mine victims suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder? To answer this, we used some techniques of clinical examination based on observation, interview, and a tool embodied in a questionnaire by a psychiatrist (Crocq Louis) and his colleague, psychiatrist Steinitz Albert), as well as the diagnostic criteria of the DSM mental manual of disease Tlemcen. The study came to the conclusion that mine victims suffer from post-traumatic stress neurosis, due to the intervention of a number of factors: Date of the event, age of the victim, impact of the accident, latency period. In order to limit this study to the cases studied, the date and location of the study

Keywords

mine victims, post-traumatic stress disorder