Case series: PTSD symptoms in adolescent survivors of 'ethnic cleansing.' Results from a 1-year follow-up study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 775-781

  Becker, Daniel F ^a,b,c   Weine, Stevan M ^a,d   Vojvoda, Dolores ^a   McGlashan, Thomas H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mills Peninsula Health Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Genocide; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REFUGEE; WAR;

EID: 0032969657     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199906000-00027     Document Type: Article

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