Psychosocial effects of war experiences among displaced children in Southern Darfur

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-253

  Morgos, Dorothy ^a   Worden, J William ^b,c   Gupta, Leila ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SUDAN; VICTIM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN; WAR;

EID: 38049153429     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.56.3.b     Document Type: Article

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