Mental health problems associated with female genital mutilation

BJPsych Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 273-277

  Knipscheer, Jeroen W ^a   Vloeberghs, Erick ^b   Van Der Kwaak, Anke ^c   Van Den Muijsenbergh, Maria ^b,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHAROS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPE EASY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ERITREA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE I; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE II; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE III; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE 30; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 25; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOWLAND ACCULTURATION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SUDAN; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AFRICA; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HEALTH STATUS; LOWLANDS ACCULTURATION SCALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MINORITY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84971574731     PISSN: 20564694     EISSN: 20564708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.047944     Document Type: Article

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