Symptoms of PTSD in a sample of female victims of sexual violence in post-earthquake Haiti

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 232-238

  Rahill, Guitele J ^a   Joshi, Manisha ^a   Lescano, Celia ^a   Holbert, Dezeray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cit Soleil; Haiti earthquake; Haiti sexual violence; Haitian PTSD; Haitian victims; Haitian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INTIMATE PARTNER STRANGER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAPE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM; UTERUS; VICTIM; CRIME VICTIM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912059423     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.067     Document Type: Article

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