Exposure to violence and its relationship to psychopathology in adolescents

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-301

  Ward, C L ^a   Flisher, A J ^a   Zissis, C ^a   Muller, M ^b   Lombard, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health; Psychopathology; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035651482     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.4.297     Document Type: Article

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