90 percent of firefighters exhibit symptoms of PTSD: researchers

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90 percent of firefighters exhibit symptoms of PTSD: researchers

According to the study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Dr. Marc Lougassi, a firefighter himself, 24 percent of active firefighters in Israel suffer from full PTSD, 67 percent display partial PTSD while only nine percent showed no symptoms.

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90 percent of firefighters exhibit symptoms of PTSD: researchers

According to the study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Dr. Marc Lougassi, a firefighter himself, 24 percent of active firefighters in Israel suffer from full PTSD, 67 percent display partial PTSD while only nine percent showed no symptoms.

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I could see this in isreal

 

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This may explain the high divorce rate for EMS, fire, and police. You see so much misery, pain and suffering on the job, as well as dealing with a large amount of negative stress. If you're not careful, you'll trivialize your spouse's feelings and complaints, and get to the point where you don't want to hear anything, since what you see at work is so much worse than anything your significant other chooses to complain about.

 

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I wonder what it would be here, I mean in Isreal stuff goes up in flames constantly. And with all the bombings and shootings. THey see more tha us