Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in Lebanon: first onset, treatment, and exposure to war.

There are no published data on national lifetime prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in the Arab region. Furthermore, the effect of war on first onset of disorders has not been addressed previously on a national level, especially in the Arab region. Thus, the current study aims at investiga...

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Main Authors: Elie G Karam, Zeina N Mneimneh, Hani Dimassi, John A Fayyad, Aimee N Karam, Soumana C Nasser, Somnath Chatterji, Ronald C Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2276523?pdf=render