The Psychiatric Sequelae of Human Rights Violations: A Challenge for Primary Health Care

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-259

  Zungu Dirwayi, Nompumelelo ^a   Kaminer, Debra ^a   Mbanga, Irene ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human rights violations; Primary health care; Psychiatric disorder; Service utilization; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OPEN STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVACY; RATING SCALE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA;

AWARENESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1842476232     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000121155.28299.f8     Document Type: Article

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