Mental health outcomes of widowed and married mothers after war

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-159

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; WAR; WIDOW;

FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; SINGLE PARENT; WAR; WIDOWHOOD; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84857077919     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.093609     Document Type: Article

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