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Elsevier, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 5(78), p. 466-471, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.01.015

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Patterns of somatic distress among conflict-affected persons in the Republic of Georgia

Journal article published in 2015 by Ruben Moreno Comellas, Nino Makhashvili ORCID, Ivdity Chikovani, Vikram Patel, Martin McKee, Jonathan Bisson, Bayard Roberts ORCID
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Abstract

•Exposure to armed conflict poses substantial risk for somatic distress.•Very little evidence on somatic distress among conflict-affected civilians.•Nearly half of women and a third of men in our study were recorded as at risk of somatic distress.•Somatic distress was associated with trauma exposure, mental disorders, and disability.•Such high levels of somatic distress have implications for health services in Georgia.