Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in soldiers with combat experiencesD Kozaric-Kovacic
National Center for Psychotrauma, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Croat Med J 42:165-70. 2001
..To compare psychological, medical, and trauma-related variables in veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CR-PTSD) comorbid with depression and veterans with CR-PTSD only...
- Startle reactivity in acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Stud Health Technol Inform 167:194-8. 2011
..Heightened startle magnitude in the immediate aftermath of trauma may be a good predictor of PTSD; moreover, a lack of startle habituation appears to be a more stable marker of PTSD, which persists for six months after trauma exposure...
- Psychophysiological indicators of acute stress disorder
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Psychiatry, Referral Centre for Stress Related Disorders of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia, Regional Center for Psychotrauma, Zagreb, Croatia
Stud Health Technol Inform 154:185-9. 2010
..They are characterized by prominent psychophysiological symptoms that can give insight into the pathogenesis of PTSD...
- Pharmacotherapy treatment of PTSD and comorbid disorders
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
Department of Psychiatry, Dubrava University Hospital, Referral Center for Stress related Disorders of the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Regional Center for Psychotrauma, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Psychiatr Danub 21:411-4. 2009
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- Integrative psychotherapy
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
Dubrava University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Referral Center for Stress related Disorders, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia, Regional Center for Psychotrauma, Zagreb, Croatia
Psychiatr Danub 20:352-63. 2008
..Furthermore, the development of integrative psychotherapy in Croatia and the organization of the Croatian program, which is identical to the program of the European Association for Integrative Psychotherapy is shortly described...
- Change of diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder related to compensation-seeking
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
Department of Psychiatry, National Center for Psychotrauma, Dubrava University Hospital, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Croat Med J 45:427-33. 2004
..To explore the change in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to the implementation of the new national regulation on compensation-seeking by war veterans in Croatia...
- Psychiatric help to psychotraumatized persons during and after war in Croatia
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
National Center for Psychotrauma, Department of Psychiatry, Dubrava University Hospital, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Croat Med J 43:221-8. 2002
..To present organization of psychosocial support and treatment of traumatized persons during and after the 1991-1995 war in Croatia...
- Risperidone in psychotic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an open trial
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
National Centre for Psychotrauma, Department of Psychiatry, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
J Clin Psychiatry 66:922-7. 2005
..We hypothesized that war veterans with psychotic PTSD, resistant to prior antidepressant treatment, would respond well to 6 weeks of treatment with the atypical antipsychotic risperidone, given as a monotherapy...
The association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met variants and psychotic symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorderNela Pivac
Laboratory for Molecular Neuropsychiatry, Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
World J Biol Psychiatry 13:306-11. 2012
..This study intended to assess whether the Met allele is overrepresented in unrelated Caucasian male veterans with psychotic PTSD compared to veteran controls...
- Elevation of serum total triiodothironine and free triiodothironine in Croatian veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
Department of Psychiatry, National Center for Psychotrauma, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Mil Med 167:846-9. 2002
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- Prevalence of psychotic comorbidity in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
National Center for Psychotrauma, Regional Center for Psychotrauma Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Dubrava University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mil Med 170:223-6. 2005
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Pharmacotherapy of treatment-resistant combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder with psychotic featuresNela Pivac
Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Croat Med J 47:440-51. 2006
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- Dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) activity and -1021C/T polymorphism of DBH gene in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Maja Mustapic
Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:1087-9. 2007
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- Suicide attempt, smoking, comorbid depression, and platelet serotonin in alcohol dependence
Korona Nenadic-Sviglin
Center for Alcoholism and other Addictions, Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce, Zagreb, Croatia
Alcohol 45:209-16. 2011
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- Body mass index in male Caucasian veterans with or without posttraumatic stress disorder
Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic
University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Psychiatry, Referral Centre of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for the Stress Related Disorders, Regional Centre for Psychotrauma, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, HR 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 33:1447-50. 2009
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- Epidemiological study of suicide in the Republic of Croatia -- comparison of war and post-war periods and areas directly and indirectly affected by war
Mirjana Grubisic-Ilic
Department of Applied Psychology and Forensic Medicine, Police Academy, Police College, Zagreb, Croatia
Eur Psychiatry 17:259-64. 2002
..001). Firearms or explosive devices were the methods used more significantly for suicides in the areas directly affected by war than in other areas, whereas hanging was more frequently used in the areas indirectly affected by war...
- Homocysteine and serum lipids concentration in male war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
Tihana Jendricko
University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Psychiatry, Refferal Centre of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for Stress related Disorders, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, HR 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 33:134-40. 2009
..An increase in the homocysteine concentration observed in the non-smoking PTSD patients needs further investigation with a carefully designed prospective study to confirm associated, possibly enhanced CVD risk...
- Evaluation of community based intervention for the protection of children from small arms and explosive devices during the war: observational study
Aida Mujkic
Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Rockefellerova 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Croat Med J 43:390-5. 2002
..To evaluate the influence of a community-based intervention aimed at reducing the risk of unintentional injuries caused by small arms and explosive devices accessible to children during the 1991-1995 war in Croatia...
- Exaggerated platelet reactivity to physiological agonists in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
Anđelko Vidović
University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Psychiatry, Referral Center for the Stress Related Disorders, Zagreb, Croatia
Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:161-72. 2011
..The enhanced platelet reactivity observed in our study may be the underlying mechanism contributing to the development of CVD in PTSD patients...
- Oxidative stress markers in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
Marina Ceprnja
University of Zagreb, Dubrava University Hospital, Clinical Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Zagreb, Croatia
Coll Antropol 35:1155-60. 2011
..The clinical significance of these results was examined using ROC analysis. The obtained ROC curves did not separate the groups in a satisfactory manner...
- Quetiapine treatment in an open trial in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder with psychotic features
Dragica Kozaric Kovacic
University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Psychiatry, Referral Centre for the Stress related Disorders of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Regional Centre for Psychotrauma, Zagreb, Croatia
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 10:253-61. 2007
..Our present and previous data suggest that treatment-resistant psychotic PTSD patients may improve after taking atypical antipsychotics...
- Thyroid activity in patients with major depression
Tamara Stipcevic
Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute Ruder Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia
Coll Antropol 32:973-6. 2008
..Future research should identify different behavioral endophenotypes characteristic for depression, which would greatly facilitate delineating the biological phenomena associated with this psychiatric illness...
