Resilience is not the absence of PTSD any more than health is the absence of disease

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-143

  Almedom, Astier M ^a   Glandon, Douglas ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847644084     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325020600945962     Document Type: Review

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