Secondary victimization of war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: The Croatian experience

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-23

  Vukušić, Herman ^a   Wilson, John P ^b   Gregurek, Rudolf ^a   Komar, Zoran ^c   Pavić, Ladislav ^a   Gogić, Blaženka ^d  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Defense ^*  (Croatia)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Post traumatic stress disorder; Secondary victimization; War veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOBIA; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; WAR;

EID: 18344417903     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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