Post-traumatic stress and psychiatric disorders in Palestinian adolescents following intifada-related injuries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1199-1207

  Khamis, Vivian ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Armed conflict; Coping strategies; Fatalism; Occupied Palestinian territory; Parental support; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARABS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 50349094022     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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