Title |
Cross-cultural symptom patterns in PTSD, depression and anxiety |
Name |
Erik Vindbjerg ![]()
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Abstract |
Background: Studies shown symptom patterns in PTSD, depression and anxiety to vary between cultures, but existing studies lack the data quantity to enable a large scale cultural comparison. Also, there’s limited validation of the questionnaires, which are used to measure PTSD, depression and anxiety across these diverse manifestations. |
Keywords |
PTSD, refugees |
Start date and expected end date |
01.4.2014 - 30.03.2017 |
Main supervisor |
Professor Ask Elklit |
Co-supervisors |
Guido Makransky, Professor Erik Lykke Mortensen, Md. Jessica Lohmann |
Collaborators |
Competencecenter for Transcultural Psychiatry |
Funding |
Mental Health Center Ballerup, Axel Muusfelds Fond |