Psycho-trauma, psychosocial adjustment, and symptomatic post-traumatic stress disorder among internally displaced persons in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Sheikh, Taiwo Lateef ^a,b   Mohammed, Abdulaziz ^a   Agunbiade, Samuel ^a   Ike, Joseph ^a   Ebiti, William N ^a   Adekeye, Oluwatosin ^b  

^a Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Depression; Internally displaced persons; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psycho trauma; Psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; REFUGEE CAMP; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84907937131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00127     Document Type: Article

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