Prevalence of war-related mental health conditions and association with displacement status in postwar Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 522-531

  Husain, Farah ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a   Lopes Cardozo, Barbara ^a   Becknell, Kristin ^a   Blanton, Curtis ^a   Araki, Diane ^b,d   Kottegoda Vithana, Eeshara ^c,e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b United Nations Children's Fund   (Sri Lanka)

^c Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

^d United Nations Children's Fund   (Sri Lanka)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 25; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REFUGEE; SRI LANKA; WAR;

EID: 79961055451     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1052     Document Type: Article

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