Long-term mental health outcome in post-conflict settings: Similarities and differences between Kosovo and Rwanda

Eytan, Ariel; Munyandamutsa, Naasson; Nkubamugisha, Paul Mahoro; Gex-Fabry, Marianne

doi:10.1177/0020764014547062

Scientific article

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Long-term mental health outcome in post-conflict settings: Similarities and differences between Kosovo and Rwanda

ContributorsEytan, Ariel; Munyandamutsa, Naasson; Nkubamugisha, Paul Mahoro; Gex-Fabry, Marianne

Published inInternational journal of social psychiatry, vol. 61, no. 4, p. 363-372

Publication date2015

Abstract

Few studies investigated the long-term mental health outcome in culturally different post-conflict settings. This study considers two surveys conducted in Kosovo 8 years after the Balkans war and in Rwanda 14 years after the genocide.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Depressive Disorder, Major/epidemiology/psychology
Female
Genocide/psychology/statistics & numerical data
Health Surveys
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Kosovo/epidemiology
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Rwanda/epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology/psychology
Suicidal Ideation
Warfare
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

Research groups

Thérapeutiques des Troubles de l'Humeur et Anxieux (689)

Citation (ISO format)

EYTAN, Ariel et al. Long-term mental health outcome in post-conflict settings: Similarities and differences between Kosovo and Rwanda. In: International journal of social psychiatry, 2015, vol. 61, n° 4, p. 363–372. doi: 10.1177/0020764014547062

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PID : unige:90064
DOI : 10.1177/0020764014547062
PMID : 25145869

Journal ISSN0020-7640

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Long-term mental health outcome in post-conflict settings: Similarities and differences between Kosovo and Rwanda

Few studies investigated the long-term mental health outcome in culturally different post-conflict settings. This study considers two surveys conducted in Kosovo 8 years after the Balkans war and in Rwanda 14 years after the genocide.

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