Changes in mental disorder prevalence among conflict-affected populations: A prospective study in Sri Lanka (COMRAID-R)

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b,c   Adikari, Anushka ^c   Pannala, Gayani ^c   Roberts, Bayard ^d   Siribaddana, Sisira ^e   Abas, Melanie ^b   Sumathipala, Athula ^c,f   Stewart, Robert ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MUSLIM; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT; ISLAM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924906136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0424-y     Document Type: Article

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