In war's wake: Contextualizing trauma experiences and psychosocial well-being among Eritrean youth

International Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 20-50

  Farwell, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR; WELLBEING;

EID: 3042709496     PISSN: 00207411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2003.11449596     Document Type: Article

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