Does PTSD transcend cultural barriers? A study from the Khmer adolescent refugee project

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Sack, William H ^a,b   Seeley, John R ^c   Clarke, Gregory N ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

factor analysis; posttraumatic stress disorder; refugees; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE;

EID: 0031028682     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199701000-00017     Document Type: Article

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