Browsing Brage INN by Author "Hauff, Edvard"
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Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events
Lien, Lars; Hauff, Edvard; Martinez, Priscilla; Eide, Arne Henning; Swarts, Leslie; Ayazi, Touraj (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background Alcohol use is a major public health problem with vast implications for poor, war-torn countries. The objective of this study was to describe prevalence of alcohol use and risky drinking across socio-demographic ... -
Association between exposure to traumatic events and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict setting: a cross-sectional community study in South Sudan
Ayazi, Touraj; Lien, Lars; Eide, Arne; Swartz, Leslie; Hauff, Edvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: The negative effect of exposure to traumatic events on mental health is well known. Most studies of the effects of trauma on mental health in war-affected populations have focused on post-traumatic stress ... -
Change in Disability Associated with Psychological Distress among Internally Displaced Persons in Central Sudan
Sanhori, Zienat Balla Mohamed Ahmed; Lien, Lars; Hauff, Edvard; Ayazi, Touraj; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Eide, Arne Henning (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Individuals with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in conflict settings, and a high rate of psychopathology is well documented among persons with disabilities. The objective of this study was to explore the change ... -
Changes in prevalence of mental disorders among internally displaced persons in central Sudan: a 1-year follow-up study
Sanhori, Zienat Balla Mohamed Ahmed; Hauff, Edvard; Eide, Arne Henning; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Abdelrahman, Abdullah; Brunborg, Cathrine; Lien, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Sudan has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world, estimated at five million. The main cause of displacement was the civil war. Attention to the health and in particular ... -
Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study
Teodorescu, Dinu-Stefan; Heir, Trond; Siqveland, Johan; Hauff, Edvard; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Lien, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Traumatized refugees often report significant levels of chronic pain in addition to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and more information is needed to understand pain in refugees exposed to traumatic events. This ... -
Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events: results from a cross-sectional community survey in South Sudan
Ayazi, Touraj; Lien, Lars; Eide, Arne; Jenkins, Rachel; Albino, Rita A.; Hauff, Edvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: There is a general lack of knowledge regarding disability and especially factors that are associated with disability in low-income countries. We aimed to study the overall and gender-specific prevalence of ... -
Is mindfulness protective against PTSD? A neurocognitive study of 25 Tsunami disaster survivors
Hagen, Christina; Lien, Lars; Hauff, Edvard; Heir, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: It has been suggested that mindfulness is a protective factor that buffers individuals from experiencing severe posttraumatic stress following exposure to a trauma. We aimed to examine the association between ... -
Perceived current needs, psychological distress and functional impairment in a war-affected setting: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan
Ayazi, Touraj; Swartz, Leslie; Eide, Arne H; Lien, Lars; Hauff, Edvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objectives To examine the current perceived needs of the general population in a war-affected setting, and to study the influence of perceived needs on the participants’ mental health status and functional impairment across ... -
Right temporal cortical hypertrophy in resilience to trauma: an MRI study
Nilsen, Andre Sevenius; Hilland, Eva; Krogstad, Norunn; Heir, Trond; Hauff, Edvard; Lien, Lars; Endestad, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: In studies employing physiological measures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is often hard to distinguish what constitutes risk-resilience factors to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following ...