Post-traumatic stress symptoms among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone: Follow-up study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-202

  Betancourt, Theresa S ^a   Newnham, Elizabeth A ^a,b   McBain, Ryan ^a   Brennan, Robert T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK; SELF REPORT; SIERRA LEONE; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; STEREOTYPING; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84883467382     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113514     Document Type: Article

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