Mental health in postwar Afghanistan

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 626-628

  Bolton, Paul ^a   Betancourt, Theresa Stichick ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 3242880975     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.5.626     Document Type: Editorial

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