Validity of the construct of post-traumatic stress disorder in a low-income country: Interview study of women in Gujarat, India

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue DEC., 2005, Pages 585-586

  Mehta, Khyati ^a   Vankar, Ganpat ^a   Patel, Vikram ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CIVIL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INDIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIOTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 28644447166     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.6.585     Document Type: Article

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