Disability associated with psychiatric symptoms among torture survivors in rural Nepal

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-469

  Tol, Wietse A ^a   Komproe, Ivan H ^a   Thapa, Suraj B ^b   Jordans, Mark J D ^a   Sharma, Bhogendra ^c   De Jong, Joop T V M ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Center for Victims of Torture   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Disability; Nepal; PTSD; Torture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEPAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORTURE SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TORTURE;

EID: 34250634807     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31802f5dac     Document Type: Article

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