Old Sergeant's Syndrome
The term Old sergeant's syndrome (OSS for short) refers to a dysfunctional stress phase that was described in soldiers of the Second World War. The only occasionally cited scientific study was published in 1949. It is possibly a special form of stress reactions to combat operations - known in the English-speaking world as Combat Stress Reaction (CSR) - and thus probably a form of post-traumatic stress disorder not specifically mentioned in the DSM-IV . However, extreme experiences do not necessarily have to trigger such a disorder. The name refers to the observation that mostly older soldiers were susceptible to this disorder.
Single receipts
- ^ Sobel R .: Anxiety-depressive reactions after prolonged combat experience, the old sergeant syndrome. . In: Bull US Army Med Dep. . 9, 1949, pp. 137-46. PMID 15401711 .
- ↑ David H. Marlowe: Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Combat and Deployment with Special Emphasis on the Gulf War, Chapter 9
- ↑ Charles R. Figley, William P. Nash Combat Stress Injury . CRC Press, 2006, ISBN 0-415-95433-9 ( pp. 57f ).