Citation

Tol WA, Rees SJ, Tay AK, Tam N, da Costa Saldanha Segurado A, da Costa ZM, da Costa Soares ES, da Costa Alves A, Martins N, Silove DM. Int. J. Epidemiol. 2018; 47(1): 17-17h.

Affiliation

Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales, and Academic Mental Health Unit, Sydney South West Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, International Epidemiological Association, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/ije/dyw130

PMID

29471471

Abstract

Since the end of World War II, 254 armed conflicts have been recorded globally, the majority in low- and middle-income countries. It is widely acknowledged that armed conflicts are associated with negative impacts on mental health, including a higher prevalence of a range of mental disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatoform and substance use disorders. In addition, armed conflicts are associated with the degradation of social structures that maintain mental health, for example by increasing levels of poverty and rates of gender-based violence and by eroding systems of social support. Although there is a considerable body of evidence concerning the factors that shape the prevalence of mental disorders in general populations exposed to armed conflict (particularly determinants of PTSD and depression), there...

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