Mental Health, Social Functioning, and Disability in Postwar Afghanistan
Open Access
- 4 August 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 292 (5), 575-584
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.292.5.575
Abstract
More than 2 decades of war and conflict and 3 years of drought have led to widespread human suffering and substantial population displacement in Afghanistan. The country's infrastructure has been destroyed or degraded and vital human resources have been depleted.Keywords
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