Post-traumatic stress reactions among Rwandan children and adolescents in the early aftermath of genocide

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1033-1045

  Neugebauer, Richard ^a   Fisher, Prudence W ^a   Turner, J Blake ^a   Yamabe, Saori ^a   Sarsfield, Julia A ^a   Stehling Ariza, Tasha ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NYS Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD epidemiology Rwanda violence genocide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOCIDE; SYMPTOM; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE; WAR; WARTIME VIOLENCE CHECKLIST; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68849118473     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn375     Document Type: Article

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