Epidemiology of child traumatic stress

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Fairbank, John A ^a   Fairbank, Doreen W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFLICT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPLOSION; FIRE; FLOODING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849097565     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0042-9     Document Type: Review

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