Comparison of mental health between former child soldiers and children never conscripted by armed groups in Nepal

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-702

  Kohrt, Brandon A ^a,c   Jordans, Mark J D ^c,e,f   Tol, Wietse A ^c,e,f   Speckman, Rebecca A ^b   Maharjan, Sujen M ^c,d   Worthman, Carol M ^a   Komproe, Ivan H ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal   (Nepal)

^d Trichandra College   (Nepal)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLDIER; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VETERAN; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEPAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 49249111582     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.6.691     Document Type: Article

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