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Mental Health Impacts of Forced Land Evictions on Women in Cambodia
Author(s) -
Richardson Jayson W.,
Nash John B.,
Tan Karen,
MacDonald Morgan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3038
Subject(s) - worry , mental health , government (linguistics) , anxiety , sadness , depression (economics) , traumatic stress , population , psychology , psychiatry , socioeconomics , sociology , demography , anger , economics , linguistics , philosophy , macroeconomics
This research examines the mental health impacts of land evictions on 40 women in Cambodia based on interviews conducted in four Cambodian provinces. The results suggest that women subjected to forced land evictions display multiple symptoms of anxiety, post‐traumatic stress disorder and depression. Women who are forcibly evicted from their homes by the Cambodian government experience sadness, compulsive worry, difficulty in sleeping, difficulty in concentrating, emotional outbursts and a preoccupation with the safety of the family. Suggestions for assistance to this population are explored. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.