... All authors read and approved final manuscript.AcknowledgementsWe acknowledge staff of Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan. We thank the local leaders of the study areas. This study was partly ... in the study design and conducted a survey, HS took part in data col-lection and data base preparation and KN participated in the study design, data analysis, and editing the manu-script. All ... Bilukha OO, Crawford CA, Shaikh I, Wolfe MI, GerberML, Anderson M: Mental Health, social functioning, and disabil-ity in postwar Afghanistan. JAMA 2004, 292:575-584.15. Ahern J, Galea S, Fernandez...