War and sexual violence - Mental health care for survivors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2152-2154

  Watts, Charlotte ^a   Hossain, Mazeda ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE EAST; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RAPE; READING; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVIVOR; WAR;

EID: 84878617156     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1304712     Document Type: Article

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