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Three studies in the latest issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" focus on post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in war-torn Uganda.The researchers found that in some cases, the emotional harm can be repaired,but in other cases,it cannot be and is a major obstacle to political reconciliation.VOA's Jessica Berman reports.Periodically,the publishers of the JAMA devote an entire issue to a single topic.This week,the theme issue focuses on human rights abuses.Two of the three studies investigated the scars left by years of civil war between the Ugandan government and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army.Though the two sides are now engaged in on-again-off-again peace talks, during 20 years of fighting countless numbers of people have been killed and an estimated 1.5 million have been forced from their homes and are now living in camps.One of the studies, conducted between April and May of 2005, examined the prevalence of post-traumatic disorder and symptoms of depression among 2,500 internally displaced adults in four regions in northern Uganda.Investigators found three-quarters of those surveyed suffered symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and almost half of them were classified as depressed...To read more go to:
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-01-voa56.cfm
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