Dimensions of trauma associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caseness, severity and functional impairment: A study of Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 775-781

  Momartin, S ^a   Silove, D ^a   Manicavasagar, V ^a   Steel, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bosnian refugees; Resettlement; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; THREAT; TORTURE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TORTURE; WAR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038501064     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00452-5     Document Type: Article

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