Native people and the DSM IV-TR: Expanding diagnostic criteria to reflect minority trauma

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 49-65

  Walle, Alf ^a  

^a Erskine College   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Bereavement; Diagnostic criteria; Native Americans; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CONFUSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MINORITY GROUP; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 14644422705     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v03n03_04     Document Type: Review

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