Youth mental health after civil war: The importance of daily stressors

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-121

  Newnham, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Pearson, Rebecca M ^c   Stein, Alan ^d   Betancourt, Theresa S ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAR; COMPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923052813     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.146324     Document Type: Article

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