Posttraumatic stress disorders comorbid with major depression in west bank, palestine: A general population cross sectional study

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-31

  Madianos, Michael G ^a   Sarhan, Adnan Lufti ^b   Koukia, Evmorfia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Mass violence; MDE; Palestine; PTSD

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS VIOLENCE; OCCUPATION; PALESTINE; PLACE OF RESIDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79959236200     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0213-61632011000100003     Document Type: Article

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