Response to trauma in Haitian youth at risk

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-138

  Douyon, Richard ^a   Marcelin, Louis Herns ^b   Jean Gilles, Michèle ^c   Page, J Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug selling; Haitians; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FIGHTING; HAITI; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; RISK; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28144447310     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n02_06     Document Type: Article

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