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| Title |
Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-4458-4-22 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daya Somasundaram |
| Abstract |
From January to May, 2009, a population of 300,000 in the Vanni, northern Sri Lanka underwent multiple displacements, deaths, injuries, deprivation of water, food, medical care and other basic needs caught between the shelling and bombings of the state forces and the LTTE which forcefully recruited men, women and children to fight on the frontlines and held the rest hostage. This study explores the long term psychosocial and mental health consequences of exposure to massive, existential trauma. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 171 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 169 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 15% |
| Researcher | 23 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 32 | 19% |
| Unknown | 32 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 37 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 34 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 8% |
| Unknown | 38 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 May 2021.
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#5,309,230
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#337
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#21,800
of 103,502 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Mental Health Systems
#2
of 8 outputs
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