Exposure to war as a risk factor for mental disorders

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0523-0525

  Benedek, David M ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BATTLE INJURY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAR;

HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEBANON; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 43249084553     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050082     Document Type: Short Survey

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