PTSD and Key Somatic Complaints and Cultural Syndromes among Rural Cambodians: The Results of a Needs Assessment Survey

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-407

  Hinton, Devon E ^a   Hinton, Alexander L ^b   Eng, Kok Thay ^c   Choung, Sophearith ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC CAM)   (Cambodia)

^d Witness/Expert Support Unit   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cambodia; Cultural syndromes; Dizziness; PTSD; Somatization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CAMBODIA; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84867679119     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2012.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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