Posttraumatic stress disorder among Israeli ex-prisoners of war 18 and 30 years after release

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1031-1037

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WAR;

EID: 23944457040     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v66n0811     Document Type: Article

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