Effects of recurrent violence on post-traumatic stress disorder and severe distress in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: A 6-year longitudinal study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Silove, Derrick ^a,b   Liddell, Belinda ^a   Rees, Susan ^a,b   Chey, Tien ^b   Nickerson, Angela ^a   Tam, Natalino ^a   Zwi, Anthony B ^a   Brooks, Robert ^c   Sila, Lazaro Lelan ^a   Steel, Zachary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Population Mental Health Research   (Australia)

^c Psychiatry Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIMOR-LESTE; VIOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; INDONESIA; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899513133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70196-2     Document Type: Article

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