Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: Association with psychiatric disorders

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-395

  Stein, Dan J ^a   Williams, Stacey L ^b   Jackson, Pamela B ^c   Seedat, Soraya ^d   Myer, Landon ^a   Herman, Allen ^e   Williams, David R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651215868     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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