Mental and physical health in Rwanda 14 years after the genocide

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1753-1761

  Munyandamutsa, Naasson ^a   Nkubamugisha, Paul Mahoro ^a   Gex Fabry, Marianne ^b   Eytan, Ariel ^b  

^a Psychosocial Consultation Centre   (Rwanda)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Perceived healt; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Rwanda; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GENOCIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOCIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RWANDA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868004173     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0494-9     Document Type: Review

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