Screening for traumatic exposure and psychological distress among war-affected adolescents in post-conflict northern Uganda

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1489-1498

  McMullen, John D ^a   O'Callaghan, Paul S ^a   Richards, Justin A ^b   Eakin, John G ^a   Rafferty, Harry ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Exposure; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866731410     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0454-9     Document Type: Article

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