Post traumatic stress disorder among former child soldiers attending a rehabilitative service and primary school education in northern Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Ovuga, Emilio ^a   Oyok, Thomas O ^b   Moro, E B ^c  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Gulu Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^c Hoima Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UGANDA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UGANDA; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65349171474     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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