Comorbidity of PTSD and depression: Associations with trauma exposure, symptom severity and functional impairment in Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 231-238

  Momartin, Shakeh ^a   Silove, Derrick ^a   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a   Steel, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bosnian refugees; Comorbidity; PTSD and depression; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2342538932     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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