Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after stigma related events in HIV infected individuals in Nigeria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 761-766

  Adewuya, Abiodun O ^a   Afolabi, Mohammed O ^b   Ola, Bola A ^a   Ogundele, Olorunfemi A ^c   Ajibare, Adeola O ^c   Oladipo, Bamidele F ^c   Fakande, Ibiyemi ^d  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^d Living Hope Care ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anxiety; HIV; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stigma; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 69849084585     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0493-7     Document Type: Article

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