Being a wife of a veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-36

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Goldblatt, Hadass ^b   Keidar, Michal ^b   Solomon, Zahava ^b   Polliack, Michael ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Marriage; Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Qualitative; Secondary traumatization; Wives

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744472936     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00003.x     Document Type: Review

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