Correlates of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under political turmoil

Elaine Duncan; Yori Gidron; Roshan P. Shrestha; Timothy Aryal

Correlates of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under political turmoil

Elaine Duncan, Yori Gidron, Roshan P. Shrestha, Timothy Aryal

Psychology

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This study investigated whether there is a relationship between the political violence that took place in Nepal and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and physical symptoms. Eighty-five Nepali citizens completed brief questionnaires assessing background information, whether they were directly exposed to political violence, the presence of PTSD-like symptomatology as well as physical complaints. Participants also completed a measure of perceived psychological proximity to the political events using a novel application of the Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self-Measure (PRISM).

Original language	English
Journal	Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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Nepal
political turmoil
post-traumatic stress

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Duncan, E., Gidron, Y., Shrestha, R. P., & Aryal, T. (2005). Correlates of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under political turmoil. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. http://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/sls/161

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Correlates of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under political turmoil

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