PTSD among Bosnian refugees: A survey of providers' knowledge, attitudes and service patterns

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-271

  Weine, Stevan M ^a,b   Kuc, Gene ^a   Dzudza, Eldin ^a   Razzano, Lisa ^a   Pavkovic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Health Research and Policy Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; refugees; services

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUGEES; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035376447     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017533214935     Document Type: Review

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