The tsunami and its aftermath in Sri Lanka: Explorations of a Buddhist perspective

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Silva, Padmal De ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISASTER; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

BUDDHISM; CULTURE; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745100251     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260600658270     Document Type: Review

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