The mental health and psychosocial effects of organized violence: A qualitative study in northern Haiti

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 590-612

  Bolton, Paul ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a   Gray, Amber E ^b   Desmousseaux, Marine ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Trauma Resources International ^*  (United States)

^c Unité de Recherche et d Action Médico Légale URAMEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Haiti; mental health; torture; trauma; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; GRIEF; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZED VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84866872138     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511433945     Document Type: Article

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