Posttraumatic stress symptoms in London school children following September 11, 2001: An exploratory investigation of peri-traumatic reactions and intrusive imagery

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 474-490

  Holmes, Emily A ^a   Creswell, Cathy ^b   O'Connor, Thomas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Intrusive image; Media; Media trauma; Mental image; Peri traumatic; Posttraumatic; September 11

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LONDON; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEMORY; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEVISION; TERRORISM;

EID: 36549050684     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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