dc.contributor.author | Opaas, Marianne | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Varvin, Sverre | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-21T12:44:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-21T12:44:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Opaas, M., & Varvin, S. (2015). Relationships of childhood adverse experiences with mental health and quality of life at treatment start for adult refugees traumatized by pre-flight experiences of war and human rights violations. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 203(9), 684. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3018 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1262303 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3151 | |
dc.description.abstract | Adverse and potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) in childhood
were examined among 54 adult refugee patients with pre-flight PTEs of war
and human rights violations (HRVs) and related to mental health and quality of
life at treatment start. Extent of childhood PTEs was more strongly related to
mental health and quality of life than the extent of war and HRV experiences.
Childhood PTEs were significantly related to arousal and avoidance symptoms
of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to quality of life, whereas pre-
flight war and HRV experiences were significantly related to reexperiencing
symptoms of PTSD only. Within childhood adversities, experiences of family vi-
olence and external violence, but not of loss and illness, were significantly related
to increased mental health symptoms and reduced quality of life. These results
point to the importance of taking childhood adverse experiences into account
in research and treatment planning for adult refugees with war and HRVs trauma. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | en_US |
dc.subject | Refugee patients | en_US |
dc.subject | childhood adverse events | en_US |
dc.subject | war and human rights violation trauma | en_US |
dc.subject | quality of life | en_US |
dc.subject | mental health symptoms | en_US |
dc.title | Relationships of Childhood Adverse Experiences with Mental Health and Quality of Life at Treatment Start for Adult Refugees Traumatized by Pre-Flight Experiences of War and Human Rights Violations | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
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The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000330 | |