Debating war-trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an interdisciplinary arena

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-227

  Kienzler, Hanna ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Discourse; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychiatry; Trauma; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44649187449     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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