Screening for traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescents in the war-affected eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-530

  Mels, Cindy ^a   Derluyn, Ilse ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a   Rosseel, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONGO; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WAR; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CIVIL DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349097437     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.56     Document Type: Article

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