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.    19 May 2008 Paddybw.  +++Don't Merge+++ The fact that survivors syndrome is closely related to the historical period of post-world war 2 is the fact that it should not be merged. Survivors guilt mostly relates 2 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  