title: Mental health survey among landmine survivors in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. bhc8@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lopes Cardozo
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanton
authors.forename: Tami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zalewski
authors.forename: Svang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mollica
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare