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Dimensions of trauma associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caseness, severity and functional impairment: a study of Bosnian refugees resettled in AustraliaS Momartin
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Soc Sci Med 57:775-81. 2003..It may be that human rights violations pose a more general threat to the survivor's future psychosocial adaptation in areas of functioning that extend beyond the confines of PTSD...- Complicated grief in Bosnian refugees: associations with posttraumatic stress disorder and depressionShakeh Momartin
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Compr Psychiatry 45:475-82. 2004..While PTSD and grief share common symptoms of intrusion, the two symptom domains are sufficiently distinct to warrant independent assessment of grief in refugee populations... 
Child sexual abuse, coping strategies and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder among female inmatesGuoping Huang
The Mental Health Center of Sichuan Province, China
Int J Prison Health 4:54-63. 2008..The importance of screening for CSA among female inmates was highly emphasized. Early intervention and prevention programmes based on coping skills may be useful to forestall the development of chronic PTSD in female inmates...- Comorbidity of PTSD and depression: associations with trauma exposure, symptom severity and functional impairment in Bosnian refugees resettled in AustraliaShakeh Momartin
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Centre for Population Mental Health Research, Sydney, NSW 2150, Australia
J Affect Disord 80:231-8. 2004..We examined whether a subgroup of refugees with comorbid PTSD and depression were at particularly high risk of disability. We also investigated whether specific trauma experiences were linked to this comorbid pattern... - Parent-child concordance for separation anxiety: a clinical studyV Manicavasagar
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Liverpool Hospital, NSW, Sydney, Australia
J Affect Disord 65:81-4. 2001..The small sample size and other potential biases caution against definitive conclusions being drawn, but the present data add to existing evidence that separation anxiety may aggregate in families... - Psychiatric status of asylum seeker families held for a protracted period in a remote detention centre in AustraliaZachary Steel
Centre for Population Mental Health Research, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 28:527-36. 2004..To document the psychiatric status of a near complete sample of children and their families from one ethnic group held for an extended period of time in a remote immigration detention facility in Australia... - Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugeesZachary Steel
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Level 4, Health Services Building, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
Br J Psychiatry 188:58-64. 2006..Over the past decade, developed Western countries have supplied increasingly stringent measures to discourage those seeking asylum... - A comparison of the mental health of refugees with temporary versus permanent protection visasShakeh Momartin
Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 185:357-61. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The sequence of postmigration stresses experienced by TPV holders appears to impact adversely on their mental health... - Prevalence and characteristics of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in female prisoners in ChinaGuoping Huang
Mental Health Institute, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
Compr Psychiatry 47:20-9. 2006..Administering specialized treatments for anger dyscontrol and interpersonal sensitivity may be useful for rehabilitation and reform of female prisoners...