Psychopathological effects of the Colombian armed conflict in families forcibly displaced resettled in the municipality of Cairo in 2008

This paper aims to establish the mental health conditions prevalent in 20 displaced persons (36 families) resettled in the Municipality of Cairo - Valley in 2008, for it is used, self-applied scale for measuring the Zung Depression and Conde The mood disorder questionnaire (MDQ), and Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS) which makes the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The results showed the presence of mild depression (20%), moderate (60%)“higher in women”, and major depression (30%), with a gender relationship in 2 women for every man. It was found that 100% of the population has indicators PTSD, with extreme gravity of 50% and 40% moderate.Regarding the 30% Bipolar disorder was not the case, a possible case and 65%, 5% cases. The data indicate that the psychological impact of conflict persist in populations "especially women", becoming even comorbid psychopathology decrease insecure environment