Psychological distress among displaced persons during an armed conflict in Nepal

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 672-679

  Thapa, Suraj Bahadur ^a,b   Hauff, Edvard ^c  

^a Center for Public Health Research and Services   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Internally displaced persons; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR;

EID: 24944476220     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0943-9     Document Type: Article

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