Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Understanding the effects of war on mental disorders is important for developing effective post-conflict recovery policies and programs. The current study uses cross-sectional, retrospectively reported data collected as part of the World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative to examine the associations of being a civilian in a war zone/region of terror in World War II with a range of DSM-IV mental disorders.

Methods

Adults (n = 3370) who lived in countries directly involved in World War II in Europe and Japan were administered structured diagnostic interviews of lifetime DSM-IV mental disorders. The associations of war-related traumas with subsequent disorder onset-persistence were assessed with discrete-time survival analysis (lifetime prevalence) and conditional lo

SUBMITTER: Frounfelker R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5867901 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature