Psychiatric disorders among a sample of internally displaced persons in South Darfur

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 358-362

  Elhabiby, Mahmoud M ^a   Radwan, Doaa N ^a   Okasha, Tarek A ^a   El Desouky, Eman D ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Darfur; depression; internally displaced persons; mental health; Post traumatic stress disorder; psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930410219     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764014547061     Document Type: Article

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