Use of khat and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for psychotic symptoms: A study of Somali combatants

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1040-1048

  Odenwald, Michael ^a   Hinkel, Harald ^b   Schauer, Elisabeth ^a,c   Schauer, Maggie ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a   Neuner, Frank ^a   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Italy)

Author keywords

Armed Conflict; Cathinone; Combatants; Demobilization Reintegration (DDR); Disarmament; Ex combatants; Functional Drug Use; Khat; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychosis; Somalia

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ABNORMALITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PARANOIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALKALOIDS; CATHA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 69849091489     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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