@article{ref1,
title="Psychotic-like experiences in a conflict-affected population: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2016",
author="Ayazi, Touraj and Swartz, Leslie and Eide, Arne H. and Lien, Lars and Hauff, Edvard",
volume="51",
number="7",
pages="971-979",
abstract="PURPOSE: This study investigates the prevalence of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and examines exposure to potentially traumatic events and other relevant risk factors for PLEs in the general population of a conflict-affected, low-income country. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional community based study of four Greater Bahr el Ghazal States, South Sudan (n = 1200). The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire was applied to investigate exposure to potentially traumatic events. The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview was used to detect PLEs. <br><br>RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of lifetime PLEs was 23.3 % and the rate of PLEs which were evaluated as bizarre was 9.5 %. Exposure to higher number of potentially traumatic events, younger age, rural residency, being unemployed, not having a regular income and having traditional religion were significantly associated with having PLEs. PLEs were significantly associated with reporting of psychological distress when controlling for other covariates. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The finding of association between traumatic exposure and PLEs calls for greater attention to the diversity of negative mental health outcomes in conflict-affected populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-016-1243-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1243-2"
}