The long-term impact of torture on the mental health of war-wounded refugees: Findings and implications for nursing programmes

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Hermansson, Ann Charlotte ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^b   Thyberg, Mikael ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mental health; Prolonged and multiple traumatization; Psychiatric nursing; Torture; War wounded refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; TORTURE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SWEDEN; TORTURE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 24144494896     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0283-9318.2003.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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