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28.05.2016 | Original Paper

Psychotic-like experiences in a conflict-affected population: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan

verfasst von: Touraj Ayazi, Leslie Swartz, Arne H. Eide, Lars Lien, Edvard Hauff

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 7/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigates the prevalence of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and examines exposure to potentially traumatic events and other relevant risk factors for PLEs in the general population of a conflict-affected, low-income country.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional community based study of four Greater Bahr el Ghazal States, South Sudan (n = 1200). The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire was applied to investigate exposure to potentially traumatic events. The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview was used to detect PLEs.

Results

The estimated prevalence of lifetime PLEs was 23.3 % and the rate of PLEs which were evaluated as bizarre was 9.5 %. Exposure to higher number of potentially traumatic events, younger age, rural residency, being unemployed, not having a regular income and having traditional religion were significantly associated with having PLEs. PLEs were significantly associated with reporting of psychological distress when controlling for other covariates.

Conclusions

The finding of association between traumatic exposure and PLEs calls for greater attention to the diversity of negative mental health outcomes in conflict-affected populations.

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Titel: Psychotic-like experiences in a conflict-affected population: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan
verfasst von: Touraj Ayazi
Leslie Swartz
Arne H. Eide
Lars Lien
Edvard Hauff
Publikationsdatum: 28.05.2016
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1243-2

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