Traumatic loss and major disasters: Strengthening family and community resilience

Family Process

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-227

  Walsh, Froma ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster Recovery; Family and Community Resilience; Traumatic Loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; FAMILY THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTERS; FAMILY THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALING; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34249036734     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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