Psychiatric consequences for Israeli adolescents of protracted political violence: 1998-2004

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Slone, Michelle ^a   Shechner, Tomer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Conflict; Political violence; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL LIFE EVENTS SCALE; POLITICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; ARAB; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; JEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 68149092627     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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