Mental disorders following war in the Balkans a study in 5 countries

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-528

  Priebe, Stefan ^a   Bogic, Marija ^a   Ajdukovic, Dean ^b   Franciskovic, Tanja ^c   Galeazzi, Gian Maria ^d   Kucukalic, Abdulah ^e   Lecic Tosevski, Dusica ^f   Morina, Nexhmedin ^g   Popovski, Mihajlo ^h   Wang, Duolao ⁱ   Schützwohl, Matthias ^j  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 77951787538     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.37     Document Type: Article

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