Prolonged Internal Displacement and Common Mental Disorders in Sri Lanka: The COMRAID Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b   Adikari, Anushka ^b   Pannala, Gayani ^b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^b,c   Abas, Melanie ^a   Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Stewart, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research and Development Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^c RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SRI LANKA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878072205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064742     Document Type: Article

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