Is posttraumatic stress in youth a culture-bound phenomenon? A comparison of symptom trends in selected U.S. and Russian communities

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 538-544

  Ruchkin, Vladislav ^a   Schwab Stone, Mary ^b   Jones, Stephanie ^b   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^b   Koposov, Roman ^b   Vermeiren, Robert ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 14844320842     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.538     Document Type: Review

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