en O6: “Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder” in Iranian War Veterans’ Wives with PTSD روانشناسی Psycology پژوهشي Research --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC <p style="text-align: center;">لطفاً به چکیده انگلیسی مراجعه شود.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;">To investigation of secondary traumatic stress disorder in wives of Iranian war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. 43 wives of Iranian war veterans who had participated in Iran-Iraq war and were diagnosed with PTSD, voluntarily entered in this study. The veterans were treated by psychiatrists of veterans&rsquo; organization, Tehran, Iran. Each woman completed a short questionnaire to determine socioeconomic data and a modified secondary traumatic questionnaire to appoint the symptoms of secondary traumatic stress. All of 43 women had some symptoms of secondary stress and 54% of&nbsp;&nbsp; them met the diagnostic criteria for secondary traumatic stress disorder. Women who met the criteria had lower education, were married longer and had lower socioeconomic facilities than those who had not the diagnosis. A major group of wives of Iranian war veterans with PTSD suffer of secondary traumatic stress. They have to support and take care of their disabled husbands for many years. Prolonged marital life, lower level of education and poorer economic status can led to severity of stress in veterans wives. So, any treatment program offered to veterans with PTSD must consider the traumatization of their wives. It seems, despite of familial support given by &ldquo;Iranian organization of war veterans&rdquo;, the wives of veterans need to more attention.</span></p> PTSD, Secondary traumatic stress, Wives, Iran 6 6 http://shefayekhatam.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-705&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mehdi Saberi Seyed Mehdi Saberi saberi_md@yahoo.com 100319475328460010770 100319475328460010770 Yes Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran Gholamreza Karami Gholamreza Karami 100319475328460010771 100319475328460010771 No Baghitollah University, Tehran, Iran Baghitollah University, Tehran, Iran Ardeshir Sheikhazadi Ardeshir Sheikhazadi 100319475328460010772 100319475328460010772 No Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ahmad Vaezi Seyed Ahmad Vaezi 100319475328460010773 100319475328460010773 No Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Armindokht Ahmadi Armindokht Ahmadi 100319475328460010774 100319475328460010774 No Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran Jalal Sayani Jalal Sayani 100319475328460010775 100319475328460010775 No Mental Health Centre, Boniyad Shahid and Omure Esargran, Tehran, Iran Mental Health Centre, Boniyad Shahid and Omure Esargran, Tehran, Iran