Post-traumatic stress reaction symptoms among Turkish students: Assessments one and six months after a terrorist attack in Istanbul

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Karakaya, Isik ^a,b   Agaoglu, Belma ^a   Coskun, Aysen ^a   Sismanlar, Sahika G ^a   Memik, Nursu Cakin ^a   Yildizoc, Ozlem ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Post traumatic; Stress disorder; Terrorism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 34347396007     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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