Factor structure of PTSD symptoms among West and Central African refugees

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Rasmussen, Andrew ^a,b   Smith, Hawthorne ^a   Keller, Allen S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL AFRICA; DYSPHORIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGHTMARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE;

EID: 34447564877     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20208     Document Type: Article

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