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The United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf War (PGW) knew that Iraq had used nerve agents and chemical weapons in its previous conflicts and so took steps to protect their troops. Pyridostigmine Bromide was distributed as a pretreatment that would enhance the effectiveness of postexposure treatments in the event that the nerve agent soman was used.This report examines the role that PB played in the ongoing chronic health problems documented in PGW veterans.After careful examination of the known effects of PB on the central and peripheral nervous systems, the author finds the evidence consistent with a possible role for PB as a contributor to the health complaints of some PGW veterans and calls for immediate attention in the form of additional investigation to clarify the role of PB ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony, published by Stonehenge International on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 816 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gulf War Illnesses: Preliminary Assessment of DOD Plume Modeling for U.S. Troops' Exposure to Chemical Agents.
Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony (Newsletter)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Stonehenge International
Volume: 2003Issue: 7Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony, published by Stonehenge International on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 567 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Department of Veterans Affairs: Federal Gulf War Illnesses Research Strategy Needs Reassessment.
Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony (Newsletter)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Stonehenge International
Volume: 2004Issue: 8Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony, published by Stonehenge International on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1508 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gulf War Illnesses: DOD's Conclusions about U.S. Troops' Exposure Cannot Be Adequately Supported.
Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony (Newsletter)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Stonehenge International
Volume: 2004Issue: 8Page: NA

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This electronic book on CD-ROM presents the complete story of the Defense Department's research into possible chemical and biological agent exposure of soldiers during the 1990-91 Gulf War. There is comprehensive medical information, studies of many specific incidents during the war that could have been related to chemical or biological warfare, information on the use of depleted uranium in weapons, and a large and fascinating collection of recently declassified government files from the U.S. Army, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Central Command, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), DOD Intelligence, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force. (The complete history of the Gulf War is available on a companion CD-ROM, ISBN 1592480446.)

In all, the disc has over 50,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD.

This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work for anyone interested in Gulf War illness, or military history and warfare! It is designed to provide a convenient user-friendly general reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. ... Read more

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A significant proportion of U.S. military personnel who served in thePersian Gulf War have reported various health problems following their service, some of which remain unexplained. The conflict presented these veterans with an array of stressful experiences both before, during, andafter deployment, and those experiences may have contributed to theirreported health difficulties. Research recorded in the general scientificliterature has shown that stress can produce myriad health effects, andthat these effects can manifest themselves as symptoms and conditionssimilar to those that the veterans report. Empirical studies of Gulf Warveterans indicate that stress may play some role in the etiology orexacerbation of certain of these health problems, yet available researchdoes not conclusively demonstrate the causal role of stress in theunexplained illnesses. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from DAV Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 456 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Studies find Gulf War illnesses linked to toxins.(Department of Veterans Affairs' Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illness' report on veterans illnesses)
Author: Dave Autry
Publication: DAV Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 41(1)

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Learn how a patient's behavior can factor into the prognosis of medically unexplainable illness!

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes examines the link between mental illness and physical syndromes that lack organic disease explanations, including chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, premenstrual dysphoria, irritable bowel, and Gulf War illness.

The author has evaluated the best research work of the past 20 years to determine the association between psychopathology and functional illness, the biological gradient between somatic and psychological symptoms, and the manifestations of dysfunctional coping.

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes challenges recent conceptualizations of functional somatic syndromes as brain disorders connected to affective spectrum disorder, serotonin deficiency, cerebral hypoperfusion or abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and highlights the importance of abnormal illness behavior, sexual victimization, and maladaptive coping for the production and maintenance of these disorders.

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes explores observations on the neurobiology and the personality abnormalities of patients made from structured data collected over a period of several years. It describes modern perceptions of functional somatic syndromes and how they have evolved into a tightly knit family of self-standing syndromes with a common core. The book examines the correlation between the burden of psychopathology and the physical features of these illnesses; reviews advances made in the appraisal of the neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, and neurochemistry of functional syndromes; and focuses on the connection between measurable dimensions of personality, coping, and illness behavior and the prognosis of medically unexplainable illnesses.

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes examines:

psychiatric morbiditybrain perfusion

post-traumatic stress in Gulf War illnessthe spectrum of mood disordersthe hypothalamatic-pituitary-adrenal axisthe sexual victimization of patientsand much more!

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes is an essential resource for psychiatrists and psychologists working in outpatient practice. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Good Read
This book provides and excellent explanation of illnesses that are difficult to define as well as classify. A must read for anyone interested in psychosomatics

Dusty history. Achooo.
Dusty history. Achooo.

Nothing new here, just the recitation of the centuries-old mantra that any illness that medical doctors don't know everything about is automatically a psychiatric disorder.

Older theories of "bad" air and "evil spirits" as causative agents of disease have given way to more modern theories of "mass hysteria" spread by the media and Internet.

Parkinson's, diabetes, MS, ulcers and polio have all been declared mental disorders at some point. Children with polio were once beaten for their "behavioral" refusal to move.

As a woman, I found reading Dr. Manu's book akin to reading a first-hand account of childbirth written by a man who has never given birth in his life. Observations: yes. Speculative conclusions: oh yes. Irrelevant "facts": yes.

As a fairytale icon to "can you believe they used to think that," Manu's book is a gem worthy of a smile or two.

Readers expecting current biological research will be disappointed.

Like many people who do not wish to have their theories disproven, Dr. Manu completely ignores the decades-old World Health Organization listing of chronic fatigue syndrome under neurological disorders (ICD 10 G93.3) and fibromyalgia under rheumatological soft tissue disorders - M79.0. Good grief, even health insurance giant Blue Cross/Blue Shield lists them as organic disorders.

As has been the case throughout medical history, the advancement of imperfect knowledge lies in exacting scientific study not the repetition of myth. Doctors don't know what causes cancer, multiple sclerosis, or migraines, but the lack of knowledge doesn't mean "imaginary." The rationale that nothing further can be learned about organic illness is laughable in the current age of scientific advancements. Medical doctors can and should do better than trying to talk patients out of organic illness.

Recommended: Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia byMary J. Shomon or Ric Carlson's recent release We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & the Politics of Disease. ... Read more