Language acquisition in relation to cumulative posttraumatic stress disorder symptom load over time in a sample of resettled refugees

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 320-323

  Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cognitive function; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; Language acquisition; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4043124047     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078849     Document Type: Article

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