Findings From the World Mental Health Surveys of Civil Violence Exposure and Its Association With Subsequent Onset and Persistence of Mental Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding the association of civil violence with mental disorders is important for developing effective postconflict recovery policies.

Objective

To estimate the association between exposure to civil violence and the subsequent onset and persistence of common mental disorders (in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition [DSM-IV]) in representative surveys of civilians from countries that have experienced civil violence since World War II.

Design, setting, and participants

This study used data from cross-sectional World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) surveys administered to households between February 5, 2001, and January 5, 2022, in 7 countries that experienced periods of civil violence after World War II

SUBMITTER: Axinn WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature