A narrative of personal experiences and recovery efforts carried out in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Immel, Christopher S ^a   Hadder, James M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Shootings; Teaching; Therapy; Virginia Tech

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349095295     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765607310221     Document Type: Article

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