They reported high levels of war-related stress, PTSD (27.0%), somatization (41.0%) and major depression (25.0%).
In addition, the study looked at whether higher levels of war violence would be related to higher levels of violence within the family and whether this would result in higher rates of psychological problems in the affected children.
The high level of war-related violence is also reflected in hospital admission data.
The high levels of psychopathology among war-related widowed lone mothers and the lack of appropriate mental health services call for long-term policies to meet their special mental health needs.
South Sudan, Central African Republic and many other nations are also experiencing high levels of displaced civilians because of war and disasters.
Originally used as an industrial chemical and explosive, the compound captured researchers' attention after French munitions workers were exposed to high levels of it during World War I.
We assessed the frequency and predictors of family violence experienced and witnessed by a sample of school children living in the Point Pedro area of Northeastern Sri Lanka, a region severely affected by both high levels of violence related to war and the recent Tsunami disaster.
When I was serving in the 1991 gulf war, reporters visited my platoon and were treated to exactly what we'd been ordered to offer: smiling faces, bare, muscular chests and high levels of support for the coming war.
An articulate and passionate defender of conservative causes, Kemp supported the Vietnam War, advocated high levels of defense spending, championed low tax rates, and opposed abortion rights.
Joseph S. Nye Jr., dean of the Kennedy School, suggests that the high levels of confidence in government after World War II may ultimately prove to have been more of an aberration than will the skepticism that followed.
