Trauma exposure and posttraumatic reactions in a community sample of bedouin members of the Israel defense forces

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 700-707

  Caspi, Yael ^a   Saroff, Ortal ^b   Suleimani, Najla ^c   Klein, Ehud ^d  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Department of Social Services ^*  (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouins; Military; Minority groups; Posttraumatic stress disorder; SCID; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARAB; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MINORITY GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARABS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 51449120206     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20449     Document Type: Article

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