The development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian adult survivors of war trauma and torture: A review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-47

  Johnson, Howard ^a   Thompson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; TORTURE SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TORTURE; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 37349015479     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2007.01.017     Document Type: Review

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