Symptoms of distress and posttraumatic stress among South African former political detainees

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-179

  Kagee, Ashraf ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Political Detainees; PTSD; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17144392559     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500071244     Document Type: Article

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