| Autor: |
Jaddou HY; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit [East Mediterr Health J] 2003 Jan-Mar; Vol. 9 (1-2), pp. 20-7. |
| Abstrakt: |
Adolescent Jordanian returnees from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War were expected to have elevated rates of psychiatric disorders, therefore their mental health status was examined. We evaluated 1376 newly enrolled students in two public universities in northern Jordan using an Arabic translation of the self-administered General Health Questionnaire. The overall rate of psychiatric disorders among the study sample was 23.3%; the rate among adolescent returnees (30.8%) was significantly higher than among other adolescents (22.4%). Although psychiatric disorders were generally common among Jordanian adolescents, the exposure of Jordanian children in Kuwait to the Gulf War was still detrimental to their mental health status as adolescents. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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