A Pilot Study of PTSD Symptoms Among Kalahari Bushmen

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 445-450

  McCall, George J ^a   Resick, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Information processing; Ju 'hoansi; Kalahari Bushmen; PTSD

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KALAHARI BUSHMEN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AROUSAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0142041412     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025702326392     Document Type: Article

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