Dynamics of Resilience in forced migration: A 1-year follow-up study of longitudinal associations with mental health in a conflict-affected, ethnic Muslim population

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b,c   Abas, Melanie ^a   Siribaddana, Sisira ^b   Sumathipala, Athula ^b   Stewart, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research and Development Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 ITEM RESILIENCE SCALE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; FORCED MIGRANT; FORCED MIGRATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUBBEN SOCIAL NETWORK SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALE; MUSLIM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT ASSESSMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; ISLAM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISLAM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923673009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006000     Document Type: Article

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