Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2307/3182
Title: Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Somali ex-combatants: A validation study
Authors: Rockstroh, Brigitte
Neuner, Frank
Schauer, Maggie
Lingenfelder, Birke
Odenwald, Michael
Hinkel, Harald
Elbert, Thomas
Discipline: Center for Somali Studies List of Subjects::Medicine::general
Xoghayaha Xarunta Cilmibaarista Soomaaliyeed::Daawo::guud
Center for Somali Studies List of Subjects::Medicine::general
Keywords: medicine
psychological disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
war
combatant
medical screening
daawo
waalli
dhibaatooyinka jud kaddib
dagaal
askari
medicina
disordini psicologici
Disturbo Post Traumatico da Stress
guerra
soldato
screening medico
Issue Date: Sep-2007
Publisher: BioMed Central
Type: article
Journal: Conflict and Health
Call Number: Originale conservato presso il Centro Studi Somali (http://host.uniroma3.it/centri/CentroStudiSomali/index.php)
Issue Number: 1
Pages: 9
Abstract: In Somalia, a large number of active and former combatants are affected by psychological problems such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), that impairs their ability to re-integrate into civilian life. This study reports on development and validation of a screening tool for PTSD in Somali language with a sample of ex-combatants.
Waxaa Soomaaliya ka jira tiro badan oo askartii hore ah oo dhimirka wax ka gaaray, sida cudurka la yiraahdo "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)", kaaso isbeddel ku sameeyo qofka dad ladhaqankiisa. Darasaadkanina wuxuu horumarinayaa qalabka baaritaanka caafimaadka cudurka DPTS oo loo adeegsanayo Af-soomaaliga.
In Somalia, un gran numero di soldati o ex-soldati sono affetti da problemi psicologici come il Disturbo Post-Traumatico da Stress (DPTS), che altera la capacità di re-integrarsi nella vita civile. Questo studio riporta sullo sviluppo di uno strumento di screening per il DPTS in lingua somala.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2307/3182
Rights: Link: http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/1/1/10
Language: en
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