Mental health 15 years after the killings in Rwanda : Imprisoned perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi versus a community sample of survivors

Schaal, Susanne; Weierstall, Roland; Dusingizemungu, Jean-Pierre; Elbert, Thomas

Mental health 15 years after the killings in Rwanda : Imprisoned perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi versus a community sample of survivors

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Schaal_219075.pdf(121.69 KB)

Datum

2012

Autor:innen

Schaal, Susanne

Weierstall, Roland

Dusingizemungu, Jean-Pierre

Elbert, Thomas

Projekt

Konsequenzen von traumatischem Stress während der Entwicklung: Epidemiologie und Therapie bei in Uganda lebenden ehemaligen Kindersoldaten und bei in Ruanda lebenden Genozid-Waisen

Sammlungen

Psychologie

Publikationstyp

Zeitschriftenartikel

Erschienen in

Journal of Traumatic Stress ; 25 (2012), 4. - S. 446-453. - ISSN 0894-9867. - eISSN 1573-6598

Zusammenfassung

Objectives of this study were to compare rates of mental health disorders in Rwandan genocide perpetrators with those of genocide survivors and to investigate potential predictors of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression for both groups. We expected high rates of mental disorders in both study groups and hypothesized that symptom severity would be predicted by female gender, older age, lower level of education, higher level of trauma exposure, lower level of agreement to reconciliation, and the participation in killing. Structured clinical interviews were carried out with 269 imprisoned perpetrators (66% men) and 114 survivors (64% women). Significantly more survivors than perpetrators met symptom criteria for PTSD (46% vs 14%) and suffered from anxiety symptoms (59% vs 36%). A substantial proportion of both groups suffered from clinically significant depression (46% vs 41%). PTSD severity in perpetrators was associated with trauma exposure, high levels of agreement to reconciliation, and no participation in killing; the severity of depression was associated with trauma exposure and no participation in killing. In the survivor sample, the severity of PTSD and depression were both correlated with female gender, trauma exposure, and low levels of agreement to reconciliation. Results suggest that both groups exhibit considerable psychiatric morbidity.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

150 Psychologie

Schlagwörter

Genocide,Criminals,Survivors,Mental Disorders,Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Depression (Emotion),Homicide,Emotional States,Incarceration,Rwanda

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SCHAAL, Susanne, Roland WEIERSTALL, Jean-Pierre DUSINGIZEMUNGU, Thomas ELBERT, 2012. Mental health 15 years after the killings in Rwanda : Imprisoned perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi versus a community sample of survivors. In: Journal of Traumatic Stress. 25(4), pp. 446-453. ISSN 0894-9867. eISSN 1573-6598. Available under: doi: 10.1002/jts.21728

BibTex

@article{Schaal2012-08Menta-21907,
  year={2012},
  doi={10.1002/jts.21728},
  title={Mental health 15 years after the killings in Rwanda : Imprisoned perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi versus a community sample of survivors},
  number={4},
  volume={25},
  issn={0894-9867},
  journal={Journal of Traumatic Stress},
  pages={446--453},
  author={Schaal, Susanne and Weierstall, Roland and Dusingizemungu, Jean-Pierre and Elbert, Thomas}
}

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