Traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kurdistanian children and their parents in homeland and exile: An epidemiological approach

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-463

  Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a   von Knorring, Anne Liis ^a   Sundelin Wahlsten, Viveka ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Cross cultural; Exile; Kurdistan; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAQ; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 57049148963     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801984305     Document Type: Article

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