Post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents after two murders in a school: A controlled follow-up study

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-424

  Karabekiroglu, Koray ^a   Akbas, Seher ^a   Tasdemir, Gokce Nur ^a   Karakurt, Mellh Nurl ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Adolescent; Homicide; Ptsd; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 66749168967     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.4.b     Document Type: Article

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