Social network effects on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in female North Korean immigrants

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Lee, Byungkyu ^a   Youm, Yoosik ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

North Korean immigrants; Post traumatic sdress disorder (PTSD); Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED MAN; NORTH KOREA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 83455244311     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.5.191     Document Type: Article

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