Children in families of torture victims: Transgenerational transmission of parents' traumatic experiences to their children

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-32

  Daud, Atia ^a   Skoglund, Erling ^a   Rydelius, Per Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA); Harvard Uppsala Trauma Questionnaire (H UTQ); Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP); Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Psychic trauma; Torture victims; Transgenerational study

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744261508     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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