Social identification and post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-conflict Northern Ireland

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue AUG., 2007, Pages 146-149

  Muldoon, Orla T ^a,b   Downes, Ciara ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547618098     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.022038     Document Type: Article

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