The Holocaust and the power of powerlessness: Survivor guilt an unhealed wound

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-258

  Garwood, A ^a  

^a The Old Hall Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GUILT; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; JEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOURNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TORTURE;

EID: 0030483766     PISSN: 02659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1996.tb00880.x     Document Type: Article

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