Complex trauma of war captivity: A prospective study of attachment and post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1427-1434

  Solomon, Z ^a   Dekel, R ^b   Mikulincer, M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Complex trauma; Post traumatic symptoms; POWs

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 51049085826     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708002808     Document Type: Article

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