PTSD, depression, and health status in Lebanese civilians exposed to a church explosion

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-53

  Farhood, Laila F ^a   Noureddine, Samar N ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Health status; Lebanon; PTSD; Social support; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; VICTIM; WAR;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEBANON; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0041767603     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/309D-7HQX-D4J4-T6TR     Document Type: Article

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