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Changes in mental disorder prevalence among conflict-affected populations: a prospective study in Sri Lanka (COMRAID-R)

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Title
Changes in mental disorder prevalence among conflict-affected populations: a prospective study in Sri Lanka (COMRAID-R)
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BMC Psychiatry, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12888-015-0424-y
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Chesmal Siriwardhana, Anushka Adikari, Gayani Pannala, Bayard Roberts, Sisira Siribaddana, Melanie Abas, Athula Sumathipala, Robert Stewart

Abstract

Longitudinal data are lacking on mental health trajectories following conflict resolution and return migration. COMRAID-R is a follow-up study of Muslims displaced by conflict from Northern Sri Lanka 20 years ago who are now beginning to return. Of 450 participants in displacement interviewed in 2011, 338 (75.1%) were re-interviewed a year later, and a supplementary random sample (n = 228) was drawn from return migrants with a comparable displacement history. Common mental disorder (CMD; Patient Health Questionnaire) and post-traumatic stress disorder (CIDI-subscale) were measured. A CMD prevalence of 18.8% (95%CI 15.2-22.5) at baseline had reduced to 8.6% (5.6-11.7) at follow-up in those remaining in displacement, and was 10.3% (6.5-14.1) in return migrants. PTSD prevalences were 2.4%, 0.3% and 1.6% respectively. We observed a substantial decrease in CMD prevalence in this population over a short period, which may reflect the prospect of return migration and associated optimism following conflict resolution.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 103 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 20%
Researcher 19 18%
Student > Bachelor 12 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 19 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 18%
Psychology 15 14%
Social Sciences 14 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 17 16%
Unknown 23 22%
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#14,805,023
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