Mental health and childhood adversities: A longitudinal study in Kabul, Afghanistan

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-363

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a   Goodman, Anna ^b   Tol, Wietse ^a   Eggerman, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

conflict; family risk; posttraumatic stress disorder; resilience; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION SELF RATING SCALE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STRESS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79952946346     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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