title: [Many psychiatric disorders in Afghan refugees with residential status in Drenthe, especially depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and help-seeking behaviour of Afghan refugees with a residence status in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional prevalence study.
  
  
  METHODS
  By means of a modified multiflex snowball sampling with 3 primary informants, 55 Afghan households in 16 towns and villages in Drenthe were selected. After informed consent had been obtained, 51 adults completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and a culturally validated shortened 'Composite international diagnostic interview' (CIDI), DSM-IV version. Help-seeking behaviour was recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Half of the sample had resided in the Netherlands for at least 3 years. There was a high level of education, an unemployment level of 88% and moderate to poor language skills in 92% of the respondents. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders was 65% (95% CI: 52-78); depressive disorder occurred in 57% and posttraumatic stress disorder in 35%. Psychopathological findings were related to poor language skills, a lower level of education and unemployment. A total of 56% received treatment from a general practitioner and 4% were under psychiatric treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among adult Afghan refugees in Drenthe with a residence status was considerably higher than among the general population in the Netherlands.
authors.affiliation: Transcultural Psychosocial Organization en Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: H B P E
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Gernaat
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Malwand
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Laban
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komproe
authors.forename: J T V M
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: de Jong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology