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 don't merge the fact that survivors syndrome is closely related to the historical period of post world 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