The validity of screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression among Vietnamese former political prisoners

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-93

  Smith Fawzi, M C ^a   Murphy, E ^a   Pham, T ^a   Lin, L ^a   Poole, C ^a   Mollica, R F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prisoner of war; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 0031056301     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb00379.x     Document Type: Article

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