Psychiatric disability among tortured Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2032-2037

  Thapa, Suraj Bahadur ^a   Van Ommeren, Mark ^b   Sharma, Bhogendra ^b   De Jong, Joop T V M ^b   Hauff, Edvard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEPAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TORTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BHUTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; SURVIVORS; TORTURE;

EID: 10244255060     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.11.2032     Document Type: Review

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