Assessing mental health outcomes of political violence and civil unrest in Peru

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-463

  Tremblay, Jacques ^a   Pedersen, Duncan ^a   Errazuriz, Consuelo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Local idioms of distress; Long term consequences; Political violence; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERU; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449092397     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009103214     Document Type: Article

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