Neuropsychological issues in the assessment of refugees and victims of mass violence

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 131-141

  Weinstein, Cheryl S ^a   Fucetola, Robert ^b   Mollica, Richard ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass violence; Neuropsychology refugees victims

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CRIME; CROWDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; REVIEW; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURE; HUMANS; MASS BEHAVIOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 0035467728     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016650623996     Document Type: Article

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