Family therapy of terroristic trauma: Psychological syndromes and treatment strategies

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-280

  Miller, Laurence ^a  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DENIAL; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY THERAPY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PLAY; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOMATIZATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WAR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038148405     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180390201963     Document Type: Article

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