Postwar environment and long-term mental health problems in former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: The WAYS study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 425-430

  Amone P'Olak, Kennedy ^a,b   Stochl, Jan ^b   Ovuga, Emilio ^a   Abbott, Rosemary ^b   Meiser Stedman, Richard ^c   Croudace, Tim J ^d   Jones, Peter B ^b  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MENTAL HEALTH; POST-WAR; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG POPULATION;

UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

EID: 84899473690     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203042     Document Type: Article

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