A 26-month follow-up of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after the mass-escape tragedy in Iraqi Kurdistan

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 357-366

  Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a   Mohamed, Hawar T ^b   Ameen, Nazar M ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Duhok University   (Iraq)

^c Erbil University Hospital   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; Kurdish; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 0031753412     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039489850139373     Document Type: Article

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