Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict
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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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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