Prevalence and determinants of PTSD among Palestinian children exposed to military violence

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Qouta, Samir ^a   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^b   El Sarraj, Eyad ^a  

^a Gaza Community Mental Health Programme   (Palestine)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Mothers; Palestinians; PTSD; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PALESTINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0345763400     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-003-0328-0     Document Type: Article

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