Anne Richards|Jorge Ospina?Duque|Mauricio Barrera?Valencia|Juan Escobar-Rincón|Mario Ardila-Gutiérrez|Thomas J. Metzler|Charles Marmar
Posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression symptoms, and psychosocial treatment needs in Colombians internally displaced by armed conflict: A mixed-method evaluation.
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armed conflict colombia resulted displacement estimated 45 million people 10 colombian populationhundreds thousands colombians exposed violence forced displacement annuallythe present study used survey methods assess levels posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd depression anxiety symptoms convenience sample 109 internally displaced adults residing medell n colombiaa qualitative approach including openended survey focus groups subsample 44 survey respondents used gain better understanding mental health treatment needsa large proportion survey respondents exceeded cutscores clinically significant ptsd 88 anxiety 59 depression 41multivariate regression models showed female gender significant predictor higher ptsd symptom levels female gender higher education separated opposed married predicted higher levels depression symptomsfocus group findings suggest participants interested specialized psychological treatments well broader psychosocial interventions treat consequences exposure violence forced displacement