Post traumatic stress disorder reactions in children of war: A longitudinal study

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-298

  Thabet, Abdel Aziz ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Children; Longitudinal; PTSD; War

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PALESTINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0033976938     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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