Citation

Lopes Cardozo B, Blanton C, Zalewski T, Tor S, McDonald L, Lavelle J, Brooks R, Anderson M, Mollica R. Med. Conflict. Surviv. 2012; 28(2): 161-181.

Affiliation

International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. bhc8@cdc.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22873010

Abstract

Many survivors of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia and the subsequent war with Vietnam have now returned to Cambodia. In this two-stage household cluster survey in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, we explored the mental health consequences on 166 landmine injury survivors selected from 1000 household in 50 clusters and an oversample of all landmine survivors. We found a prevalence of anxiety of 62% for all respondents, 74% for depression, and 34% for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These prevalences were statistically significantly higher than among the adult population who had not been injured by landmines. These data underscore the importance of providing mental health care services for the people in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia who have been injured by landmines.

Language: en