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- Title
Universal consequences of captivity: stress reactions among divergent populations of prisoners of war and their families.
- Authors
Segal, Julius; Hunter, Edna J.; Segal, Zelda
- Abstract
The article presents information on universal consequences of captivity. Incarceration has served from the beginning of recorded history as an element in armed conflicts among nations. Both military and civilian prisoner populations have been cruelly exploited as instruments of control and manipulation, sources of information, and military ransom. By the eighteenth century, as the ideas of humanitarianism began to exert their influence, a corresponding modification of existing practices with regard to prisoners took place; men and nations were increasingly prepared to accept more compassionate rules governing the treatment of the prisoners of war (POWs). The environment of POW captivity typically combines a potent blend of physical hardship and privation, on the one hand, and enormous psychological stress and trauma on the other. It would be foolhardy indeed to attempt to distinguish the relative impact of each of these factors on the post-captivity health status of repatriates, but it is clear in any case that survivors of the POW experience, are at risk for a staggering range of physical disabilities and symptoms that can be ascribed to the over-all captivity episode.
- Subjects
PRISONERS of war; FAMILIES; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DISABILITIES
- Publication
International Social Science Journal, 1976, Vol 28, Issue 3, p593
- ISSN
0020-8701
- Publication type
Article