TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Cohort Profile: maternal mental health and child development in situations of past violent conflict and ongoing adversity: the DILI birth cohort study
JO  - International journal of epidemiology
A1  - Tol, W. A.
A1  - Rees, S. J.
A1  - Tay, A. K.
A1  - Tam, N.
A1  - da Costa Saldanha Segurado, A.
A1  - da Costa, Z. M.
A1  - da Costa Soares, E. S.
A1  - da Costa Alves, A.
A1  - Martins, N.
A1  - Silove, D. M.
SP  - 17
EP  - 17h
VL  - 47
IS  - 1
N2  - <p>Since the end of World War II, 254 armed conflicts have been recorded globally, the majority in low- and middle-income countries. It is widely acknowledged that armed conflicts are associated with negative impacts on mental health, including a higher prevalence of a range of mental disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatoform and substance use disorders. In addition, armed conflicts are associated with the degradation of social structures that maintain mental health, for example by increasing levels of poverty and rates of gender-based violence and by eroding systems of social support. Although there is a considerable body of evidence concerning the factors that shape the prevalence of mental disorders in general populations exposed to armed conflict (particularly determinants of PTSD and depression), there...</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-5771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw130
ID  - ref1
ER  -