title: Long-term outcomes of war-related death of family members in Kosovar civilian war survivors.
abstract: Exposure to war-related experiences can comprise a broad variety of experiences and the very nature of certain war-related events has generally been neglected. To examine the long-term outcomes of war-related death of family members, the authors investigated the prevalence rates of major depressive episode (MDE), anxiety disorders, and quality of life among civilian war survivors with or without war-related death of first-degree family members 9 years after the war in Kosovo. Compared to participants without war-related death of family members, those who had experienced such loss had signficantly higher prevalence rates of MDE, posttraumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, and reported a lower quality of life 9 years after the war. These results indicate that bereaved civilian survivors of war experience significant mental health problems many years after the war.
authors: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. n.morina@uva.nl
authors: Nexhmedin
authors: N
authors: Morina
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Konrad
authors: K
authors: Reschke
authors: Department of Psychology, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
authors: Stefan G
authors: SG
authors: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014857:Warfare; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology