Community perceptions of mental distress in a post-conflict setting: A qualitative study in Burundi

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 943-957

  Familiar, Itziar ^a   Sharma, Sonali ^b   Ndayisaba, Herman ^b   Munyentwari, Norbert ^b   Sibomana, Seleus ^b   Bass, Judith K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

developing country; distress; mental health; post conflict; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BURUNDI; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 84885176265     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.819587     Document Type: Article

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