Debriefing with brief group psychotherapy in a homogenous group of non- injured victims of a terrorist attack: A prospective study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Amir, M ^a   Weil, G ^a   Kaplan, Z ^a   Tocker, T ^a   Witztum, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Debriefing; Psychotherapy; Terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031754474     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10074.x     Document Type: Article

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