Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict
The authors survey the recent literature on the mental health effects of conflict. They highlight the methodological challenges faced in this literature, which include the lack of validated mental health scales in a survey context, the difficulties...
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okr-10986-43242021-04-23T14:02:17Z Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict Do, Quy-Toan Iyer, Lakshmi AGING AGORAPHOBIA AID ANXIETY ARMED CONFLICT CANCER CITIES CIVIL WAR DEATHS DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIAGNOSIS DISABILITY DISASTERS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC CLEANSING ETHNIC GROUPS EXCESS MORTALITY EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE EXTERNALITIES FEMALE GENDER GENOCIDE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT EVALUATIONS IMPACT OF CONFLICT INCOME INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INJURIES INSURANCE INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LARGE POPULATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS MIGRANT MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF CASUALTIES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE OLDER PEOPLE PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION DATA POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGY REFUGEES RETURNEE RISK FACTORS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SYMPTOMS SYNDROME TRAUMA TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT VICTIMS VICTIMS OF WAR VIOLENCE WAR RECONSTRUCTION WARS The authors survey the recent literature on the mental health effects of conflict. They highlight the methodological challenges faced in this literature, which include the lack of validated mental health scales in a survey context, the difficulties in measuring individual exposure to conflict, and the issues related to making causal inferences from observed correlations. They illustrate how some of these issues can be overcome in a study of mental health in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mental health is measured using a clinically validated scale; conflict exposure is proxied by administrative data on war casualties instead of being self-reported. The analysis suggests that there are no significant differences in overall mental health across areas which are affected by ethnic conflict to a greater or lesser degree. 2012-03-19T19:14:00Z 2012-03-19T19:14:00Z 2009-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091117081441 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4324 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5132 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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AGING AGORAPHOBIA AID ANXIETY ARMED CONFLICT CANCER CITIES CIVIL WAR DEATHS DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIAGNOSIS DISABILITY DISASTERS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC CLEANSING ETHNIC GROUPS EXCESS MORTALITY EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE EXTERNALITIES FEMALE GENDER GENOCIDE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT EVALUATIONS IMPACT OF CONFLICT INCOME INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INJURIES INSURANCE INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LARGE POPULATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS MIGRANT MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF CASUALTIES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE OLDER PEOPLE PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION DATA POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGY REFUGEES RETURNEE RISK FACTORS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SYMPTOMS SYNDROME TRAUMA TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT VICTIMS VICTIMS OF WAR VIOLENCE WAR RECONSTRUCTION WARS |
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AGING AGORAPHOBIA AID ANXIETY ARMED CONFLICT CANCER CITIES CIVIL WAR DEATHS DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIAGNOSIS DISABILITY DISASTERS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC CLEANSING ETHNIC GROUPS EXCESS MORTALITY EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE EXTERNALITIES FEMALE GENDER GENOCIDE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT EVALUATIONS IMPACT OF CONFLICT INCOME INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INJURIES INSURANCE INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LARGE POPULATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS MIGRANT MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF CASUALTIES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE OLDER PEOPLE PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION DATA POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGY REFUGEES RETURNEE RISK FACTORS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SYMPTOMS SYNDROME TRAUMA TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT VICTIMS VICTIMS OF WAR VIOLENCE WAR RECONSTRUCTION WARS Do, Quy-Toan Iyer, Lakshmi Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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The World Region The World Region |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5132 |
| description |
The authors survey the recent literature
on the mental health effects of conflict. They highlight the
methodological challenges faced in this literature, which
include the lack of validated mental health scales in a
survey context, the difficulties in measuring individual
exposure to conflict, and the issues related to making
causal inferences from observed correlations. They
illustrate how some of these issues can be overcome in a
study of mental health in post-conflict Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Mental health is measured using a clinically
validated scale; conflict exposure is proxied by
administrative data on war casualties instead of being
self-reported. The analysis suggests that there are no
significant differences in overall mental health across
areas which are affected by ethnic conflict to a greater or
lesser degree. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Do, Quy-Toan Iyer, Lakshmi |
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Do, Quy-Toan Iyer, Lakshmi |
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Do, Quy-Toan |
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Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict |
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mental health in the aftermath of conflict |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091117081441 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4324 |
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