Psychological responses to war and atrocity: The limitations of current concepts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1073-1082

  Bracken, Patrick J ^a   Giller, Joan E ^a   Summerfield, Derek ^b  

^a All Saints Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

post traumatic stress disorder; Third World; torture; war

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0028936551     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00181-R     Document Type: Article

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