Adopting a Strength-based, Indigenous-focused Approach to Studying Kuwait Post-traumatic Stress

Digest of Middle East Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Al Naser, Fahad ^a   Ridha, Hadi Mukhtar Ali ^a   Figley, Charles R ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57649198722     PISSN: 10604367     EISSN: 19493606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2005.tb00893.x     Document Type: Article

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