Psychological and social interventions for the prevention of mental disorders in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Purgato, Marianna ^a,b   Gastaldon, Chiara ^b   Papola, Davide ^b   van Ommeren, Mark ^c   Barbui, Corrado ^b   Tol, Wietse A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85000623097     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012417     Document Type: Article

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