Asylum claims and memory of trauma: Sharing our knowledge

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue JULY, 2007, Pages 3-4

  Herlihy, Jane ^a,b,c,d   Turner, Stuart W ^a,c  

^a Trauma Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34447121480     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034439     Document Type: Review

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