Exposure to war trauma and PTSD among parents and children in the Gaza strip

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Thabet, A A ^a   Tawahina, A Abu ^a   El Sarraj, Eyad ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^b  

^a Gaza Community Mental Health Programme   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Parents; PTSD; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILDREN REVISED IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GAZA TRAUMATIC CHECKLIST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PTSD CHECKLIST; RATING SCALE; REVISED CHILDREN MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TAYLOR MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 42549098389     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0653-9     Document Type: Article

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