The relationship between organized violence, family violence and mental health: Findings from a community-based survey in Muhanga, Southern Rwanda

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Rieder, Heide ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Cycle of violence; Descendants; Genocide; Intergenerational; Psychopathology; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973275832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21329     Document Type: Article

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