Mental health of women in postwar Afghanistan

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-293

  Cardozo, Barbara Lopes ^a   Bilukha, Oleg O ^a   Gotway, Carol A ^b   Wolfe, Mitchell I ^c   Gerber, Michael L ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR; ANXIETY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 21044454747     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.285     Document Type: Article

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