Civil conflict in Northern Ireland and the prevalence of psychiatric disturbance across the United Kingdom: A population study using the British Household Panel Survey and the Northern Ireland Household Panel Survey

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-407

  Murphy, Helen ^a   Lloyd, Katrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POLITICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; WAR;

EID: 34548759772     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078340     Document Type: Article

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