Psychological Trauma and Physical Health: A Psychoneuroimmunology Approach to Etiology of Negative Health Effects and Possible Interventions

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-48

  Kendall Tackett, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; inflammation; omega 3s; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849093506     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015128     Document Type: Article

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