The invisible wounds of five decades of armed conflict: inequalities in mental health and their determinants in Colombia

Jorge Cuartas Ricaurte, Laura Liévano Karim, María Alejandra Martínez Botero and Philipp Hessel ()
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Jorge Cuartas Ricaurte: Harvard University
Laura Liévano Karim: University of the Andes
María Alejandra Martínez Botero: University of the Andes
Philipp Hessel: University of the Andes

International Journal of Public Health, 2019, vol. 64, issue 5, No 9, 703-711

Abstract: Abstarct Objectives We analyzed the relation between exposure to the armed conflict and violence with mental health disorders in Colombia and assessed the extent and determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health related to differential exposure to the conflict and violence. Methods Regression and decomposition analyses were used in combination with the 2015 nationally representative Mental Health Survey (N = 10,853). Mental health disorders were assessed using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ 20), and socioeconomic status by a Multidimensional Poverty Index. Results 3% of adults have been victim of a violent crime and 13% victim of the armed conflict. Victims of the armed conflict have 1.74 times higher odds (p

Keywords: Colombia; Conflict; Inequality; Mental health; Violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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