Mental health survey among landmine survivors in Siem Reap province, Cambodia

Many survivors of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia and the subsequent war with Vietnam have now returned to Cambodia. In this two-stage household cluster survey in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, we explored the mental health consequences on 166 landmine injury survivors selected from 1000 househo...

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Published in:Medicine, conflict, and survival conflict, and survival, 2012-04, Vol.28 (2), p.161-181
Main Authors: Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Blanton, Curtis, Zalewski, Tami, Tor, Svang, McDonald, Laura, Lavelle, James, Brooks, Robert, Anderson, Mark, Mollica, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Blast Injuries - epidemiology
Blast Injuries - psychology
Body mutilations
Cambodia
Cambodia - epidemiology
Depression
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Health Care Services
Health services
Humans
Injuries
landmine injury
Landmines
Logistic Models
Male
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma - epidemiology
Multiple Trauma - psychology
Post-conflict societies
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Prevalence
PTSD
Sample surveys
Siem Reap Province
Social rehabilitation
Statistical analysis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivors - psychology
Victims
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Warfare
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Summary:Many survivors of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia and the subsequent war with Vietnam have now returned to Cambodia. In this two-stage household cluster survey in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, we explored the mental health consequences on 166 landmine injury survivors selected from 1000 household in 50 clusters and an oversample of all landmine survivors. We found a prevalence of anxiety of 62% for all respondents, 74% for depression, and 34% for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These prevalences were statistically significantly higher than among the adult population who had not been injured by landmines. These data underscore the importance of providing mental health care services for the people in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia who have been injured by landmines.
ISSN:1362-3699
1743-9396
DOI:10.1080/13623699.2012.678087