Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in Bosnian refugees 3 1/2 years after resettlement

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-426

  Vojvoda, Dolores ^a,b   Weine, Stevan M ^c   McGlashan, Thomas ^a   Becker, Daniel F ^d   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Anxiety; Bosnia; English; GAF; Longitudinal course; PTSD; Refugees; Sex; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; BOSNIA; ENGLISH; GAF; LONGITUDINAL COURSE; PTSD; REFUGEES; SEX; TRAUMA;

LINGUISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 63249104999     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.06.0083     Document Type: Article

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