A randomized controlled trial of mental health interventions for survivors of systematic violence in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bolton, Paul ^a   Bass, Judith K ^a   Zangana, Sabir ^b   Kamal, Talar ^c   Murray, McIvor ^a   Kaysen, Debra ^d   Lejuez, Carl W ^e   Lindgren, Kristen ^f   Pagoto, Sherry ^g   Murray, Laura K ^a   Van Wyk, Skavenski ^a   Ahmed, Amin ^h   Mohammad Amin, Nazar M ^c   Rosenblum, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h SULAIMANI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Evidence based treatments; Iraq; Task sharing; Trauma treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84924114754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0360-2     Document Type: Article

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