Post-traumatic stress after terrorist attack: Psychological reactions following the US embassy bombing in Nairobi - Naturalistic study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue OCT., 2004, Pages 328-333

  Njenga, Frank G ^a   Nicholls, P J ^b   Nyamai, Caroline ^c   Kigamwa, Pius ^c   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^b  

^a Upper Hill Medical Centre   (Kenya)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MMed Psych   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TERRORISM;

BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 4944262387     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.4.328     Document Type: Article

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