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. 1999 Jan 30;318(7179):290–294. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7179.290

Table 5.

Psychiatric disorders in 233 Gulf war veterans for whom psychiatric infomation was available. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients

Coding group (ICD-10) Illness or group of conditions Patients known to have been seen by psychiatrist (n=233)
F30-39 Mood (affective) disorders (including depressive illness) 55 (24)
F41 Anxiety disorders 11 (5)
F43.1 Post-traumatic stress disorder 115 (49)
F43.2 Adjustment disorders 34 (15)
F43.9 Reactions to severe stress, unspecified 4 (2)
F20-29, F50-59 Other psychiatric conditions 4 (2)
No psychiatric illness 43 (18)

Some patients had several conditions; a psychiatric disorder was diagnosed in 190 patients.