Effect of trauma on the mental health of Palestinian children and mothers in the Gaza Strip

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-421

  Thabet, A A ^a   Abed, Y ^a   Vostanis, P ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0038175189     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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