The psychological toll of the intifada: Symptoms of distress and coping in Israeli soldiers

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 873-879

  Bleich, Avi ^a,b,d   Gelkopf, Marc ^a,b,c,d   Berger, Rony ^b   Solomon, Zahava ^d  

^a NATAL   (Israel)

^b LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Degradation; Post traumatic Stress disorder; Terrorism; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449098050     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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