<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Speelman, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Onyango, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bolton, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transcult PsychiatryTranscult Psychiatry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Cross-Cultural Comparison</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Developing Countries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cross-Sectional Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dysthymic Disorder/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interview, Psychological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Refugees/*psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Social Problems/psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Uganda</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jun</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">238-56</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1363-4615 (Print)&lt;br/&gt;1363-4615 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conducted 45 free list interviews and 57 key informant interviews. The rapid assessment approach appears to have worked well for interviewing caretakers and children aged 10-17 years. We describe several locally defined syndromes: two tam/par/kumu (depression and dysthymia-like syndromes), ma lwor (a mixed anxiety and depression-like syndrome), and a category of conduct problems referred to as kwo maraco/gin lugero. The descriptions of these local syndromes were similar to western mood, anxiety and conduct disorders, but included culture-specific elements.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19541749</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, Theresa Stichick&lt;br/&gt;Speelman, Liesbeth&lt;br/&gt;Onyango, Grace&lt;br/&gt;Bolton, Paul&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;K01 MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't&lt;br/&gt;England&lt;br/&gt;2009/06/23 09:00&lt;br/&gt;Transcult Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;46(2):238-56. doi: 10.1177/1363461509105815.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2775515</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Theresa_Betancourt@harvard.edu</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>