Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1249-1257

  Saab, Basem Roberto ^a   Chaaya, Monique ^a   Doumit, Myrna ^a   Farhood, Laila ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Hostage; Lebanon; POW; Psychiatric distress; Torture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; STRESS; WAR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TORTURE; WAR;

LEBANON;

EID: 0043170812     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00505-1     Document Type: Article

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