A cross-sectional community study of post-traumatic stress disorder and social support in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Objective To estimate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in those injured and not injured by landmines or unexploded ordnance (UXO) in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic and to determine whether the perception of social support was associated with PTSD symptom severity. Method...

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Main Authors: Bouavanh Southivong, Masao Ichikawa, Shinji Nakahara, Chanhpheng Southivong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-10-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013001000765&lng=en&tlng=en