Post-traumatic stress disorder among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-50

  Alpak, Gokay ^a   Unal, Ahmet ^a   Bulbul, Feridun ^a   Sagaltici, Eser ^b   Bez, Yasin ^c   Altindag, Abdurrahman ^a   Dalkilic, Alican ^d   Savas, Haluk A ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tatvan State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d St Elizabeth's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Syrian refugees; Tent city

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; REFUGEE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYRIA; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924068705     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2014.961930     Document Type: Article

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