Posttraumatic stress disorder reactions among children with learning disabilities exposed to terror attacks

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-151

  Finzi Dottan, Ricky ^a,b   Dekel, Rachel ^a   Lavi, Tamar ^c   Su'Ali, Tzipi ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Bnei Chayil Shomron Yeshiva   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 32944460952     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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