Patterns of symptomatology and patterns of torture and trauma experiences in resettled refugees

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-565

  Cunningham, Margaret ^a   Cunningham, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees; Resettlement; Symptoms; Torture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREAT; TORTURE;

EID: 0030775405     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709065078     Document Type: Article

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