Darfur refugees in Cairo: Mental health and interpersonal conflict in the aftermath of genocide

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1835-1848

  Meffert, Susan M ^a,b   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a VAMC Building 8 ^*  (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Darfur; Refugee; Sudan; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EGYPT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; PARENTING; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN;

EID: 70350153442     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508325491     Document Type: Article

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