Trauma, dreaming, and psychological distress among kurdish children

Dreaming

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-194

  Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a   Ali, Karzan Jelal ^b   Ismahil, Kamaran Hassan ^b   Nuutinen, Johanna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Dream content and structure; Kurdistan; Military trauma; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645062425     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.15.3.178     Document Type: Article

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