From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda

From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda

Background: Trained local screeners assessed the mental-health status of male and female students in Northern Ugandan schools. The study aimed to disclose potential differences in mental health-related impairment in two groups, former child soldiers (n = 354) and other war-affected youth (n = 489),...

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Main Authors: Winkler, Nina, Ruf-Leuschner, Martina, Ertl, Verena, Pfeiffer, Anett, Schalinski, Inga, Ovuga, Emilio, Neuner, Frank, Elbert, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348469/
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spelling pubmed-43484692015-03-18 From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda Winkler, Nina Ruf-Leuschner, Martina Ertl, Verena Pfeiffer, Anett Schalinski, Inga Ovuga, Emilio Neuner, Frank Elbert, Thomas Psychiatry Background: Trained local screeners assessed the mental-health status of male and female students in Northern Ugandan schools. The study aimed to disclose potential differences in mental health-related impairment in two groups, former child soldiers (n = 354) and other war-affected youth (n = 489), as well as to separate factors predicting mental suffering in learners. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4348469/ /pubmed/25788887 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00002 Text en Copyright © 2015 Winkler, Ruf-Leuschner, Ertl, Pfeiffer, Schalinski, Ovuga, Neuner and Elbert. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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author Winkler, Nina
Ruf-Leuschner, Martina
Ertl, Verena
Pfeiffer, Anett
Schalinski, Inga
Ovuga, Emilio
Neuner, Frank
Elbert, Thomas
spellingShingle Winkler, Nina
Ruf-Leuschner, Martina
Ertl, Verena
Pfeiffer, Anett
Schalinski, Inga
Ovuga, Emilio
Neuner, Frank
Elbert, Thomas
From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
author_facet Winkler, Nina
Ruf-Leuschner, Martina
Ertl, Verena
Pfeiffer, Anett
Schalinski, Inga
Ovuga, Emilio
Neuner, Frank
Elbert, Thomas
author_sort Winkler, Nina
title From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
title_short From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
title_full From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
title_fullStr From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed From War to Classroom: PTSD and Depression in Formerly Abducted Youth in Uganda
title_sort from war to classroom: ptsd and depression in formerly abducted youth in uganda
description Background: Trained local screeners assessed the mental-health status of male and female students in Northern Ugandan schools. The study aimed to disclose potential differences in mental health-related impairment in two groups, former child soldiers (n = 354) and other war-affected youth (n = 489), as well as to separate factors predicting mental suffering in learners.
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348469/
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