Correlates of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under political turmoil

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2005, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Duncan, Elaine ^a   Gidron, Yori ^b   Shrestha, Roshan Prakash ^c   Aryal, Timothy ^d  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Trichandra Campus ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Nepal; Perceived psychological proximity; Physical symptoms; Political turmoil; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944445962     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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