Reactions to a traumatic event: The good, the bad and the ugly?

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Snape, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b All Saints Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030665537     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548509708400581     Document Type: Article

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