Gulf war-related trauma and psychological distress of Kuwaiti children and their mothers

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 653-662

  Hadi, Fawzyiah ^a   Llabre, Maria Magdalena ^b   Spitzer, Susan ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; WAR; AGE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; KUWAIT; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHERS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTHERS; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33947269226     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20153     Document Type: Article

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