The relationship of trauma to mental disorders among trafficked and sexually exploited girls and women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2442-2449

  Hossain, Mazeda ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^a   Abas, Melanie ^b   Light, Miriam ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649833033     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173229     Document Type: Article

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