Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in HIV-infected and at-risk Rwandan women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1783-1791

  Cohen, Mardge H ^a   Fabri, Mary ^b   Cai, Xiaotao ^c   Shi, Qiuhu ^d   Hoover, Donald R ^e   Binagwaho, Agnes ^f   Culhane, Melissa A ^g   Mukanyonga, Henriette ^h   Karegeya, Davis Ksahaka ⁱ   Anastos, Kathryn ^j  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Analytic Solutions LLC   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Rwanda Women's Interassociation Study and Assessment   (Rwanda)

ⁱ Forum des Activistes Contre la Torture in Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^j ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449101010     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1367     Document Type: Article

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