Obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress symptoms among civilian survivors of war
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Obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress symptoms among civilian survivors of war.
BACKGROUND Several psychological sequelae have been identified in civilian war survivors. However, little is known about the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and their relationship to trauma in this population. METHOD Fifty-one adult civilian survivors of the Kosovo War (28 males) who had immigrated to Switzerland completed the Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Scale, the Post...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0822-9