I think merging would be a good idea  This is not a term used nowadays and is one of the many desciptive  terms now covered by PTSD  Survivor guilt was a key symptom in the original diagnosis of PTSD in DSM III  I have however also done an edit     May  Paddybw  Dont Merge The fact that survivors syndrome is closely related to the historical period of postworld war  is the fact that it should not be merged Survivors guilt mostly relates  anything that was survived Survivors syndrome is more closely related to the concentration camps of hitler  Preceding unsigned comment added by        Dewey  ported discussion ends