Rwanda - Lasting imprints of a genocide: Trauma, mental health and psychosocial conditions in survivors, former prisoners and their children

Conflict and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rieder, Heide ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Descendants; Former prisoners; Genocide survivors; PTSD; Risk factors; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876141970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-7-6     Document Type: Article

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