Edited by Robert J. Ursano and Ann E. Norwood. 570 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1996. $72.95. ISBN 0-88048-652-X.
The role of stressful life events in the development of illnessis an important and evolving area of research. The emotionalimpact of wartime conflict, combat in particular, is an example.Many of the factors that make combat so tragic for the participantsrender it meaningful for the investigator. Most studies of stressfullife events are necessarily retrospective, since exposure israre and largely unpredictable. Conversely, combat typicallyoccurs within a predictable time frame, and when soldiers arethe subjects, considerable antecedent information, includingbehavioral and psychological data, is available. Wartime stressencompasses a broad range of life events in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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