Incidence and correlates of posttrauma symptoms in children from backgrounds of domestic violence

Violence and Victims

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 555-567

  Mertin, Peter ^a   Mohr, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036813266     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.17.5.555.33712     Document Type: Article

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