Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict

The authors survey the recent literature on the mental health effects of conflict. They highlight the methodological challenges faced in this literature, which include the lack of validated mental health scales in a survey context, the difficulties in measuring individual exposure to conflict, and the issues related to making causal inferences from observed correlations. They illustrate how some of these issues can be overcome in a study of mental health in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mental health is measured using a clinically validated scale; conflict exposure is proxied by administrative data on war casualties instead of being self-reported. The analysis suggests that there are no significant differences in overall mental health across areas which are affected by ethnic conflict to a greater or lesser degree.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Do, Quy-Toan, Iyer, Lakshmi
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2009-11-01
Subjects:	AGING, AGORAPHOBIA, AID, ANXIETY, ARMED CONFLICT, CANCER, CITIES, CIVIL WAR, DEATHS, DEPRESSION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIAGNOSIS, DISABILITY, DISASTERS, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETHNIC CLEANSING, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXCESS MORTALITY, EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, EXTERNALITIES, FEMALE, GENDER, GENOCIDE, HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH STATUS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, IMPACT EVALUATIONS, IMPACT OF CONFLICT, INCOME, INDIVIDUAL WELFARE, INJURIES, INSURANCE, INTERVENTION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LARGE POPULATION, LIVING STANDARDS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, MEDICINE, MENTAL, MENTAL DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS, MIGRANT, MIGRATION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, NATURAL DISASTERS, NUMBER OF CASUALTIES, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OLD AGE, OLDER PEOPLE, PATIENTS, PEACE, PHYSICAL HEALTH, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLICY RESPONSE, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POPULATION DATA, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, PREVALENCE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, PROBABILITY, PROGRESS, PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, REFUGEES, RETURNEE, RISK FACTORS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SYMPTOMS, SYNDROME, TRAUMA, TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, TREATMENT, VICTIMS, VICTIMS OF WAR, VIOLENCE, WAR RECONSTRUCTION, WARS,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091117081441 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4324
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