The influence of different types of war experiences on depression and anxiety in a Ugandan cohort of war-affected youth: the WAYS study

Kennedy Amone-P'Olak; Emilio Ovuga; Tim J. Croudace; Peter B. Jones; Rosemary Abbott

doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0873-5

The influence of different types of war experiences on depression and anxiety in a Ugandan cohort of war-affected youth: the WAYS study

Kennedy Amone-P'Olak, Emilio Ovuga, Tim J. Croudace, Peter B. Jones, Rosemary Abbott

The Hull York Medical School

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Abstract

War experiences (WE) are frequently associated with mental health problems. Whether different types of WE vary in predicting which problem, or how severe, in former child soldiers (FCS) remains unknown.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1783-1792
Number of pages	10
Journal	Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Volume	49
Issue number	11
Early online date	10 Apr 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0873-5
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

Keywords

War experiences
War-affected youths
Gender
Depression/anxiety

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