Psychological adaptation of anxiety disorder patients following repeated exposure to emergency situations

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-221

  Somer, Eli ^a,b   Keinan, Giora ^c   Carmil, Devora ^b  

^a Israel Inst Treatm Prev of Stress   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adaptation; anxiety disorder; coping styles; emergency; the Gulf war

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAQ; ISRAEL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAR;

EID: 0030011733     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110656     Document Type: Article

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