Psychopathological status, behavior problems, and family adjustment of Kuwaiti children whose fathers were involved in the first gulf war

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Al Turkait, Fawziyah A ^a   Ohaeri, Jude U ^b  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR INDEX; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUTTER SCALE A2; SOCIAL STATUS; WAR;

EID: 45149087902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-2-12     Document Type: Article

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