Psychiatric disorders among tortured Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 475-482

  Van Ommeren, M ^a   De Jong, J T V M ^a   Sharma, B ^a   Komproe, I ^a   Thapa, S B ^a   Cardena E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEPAL; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; TORTURE;

EID: 0035022333     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.58.5.475     Document Type: Article

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