War trauma, child labor, and family violence: Life adversities and PTSD in a sample of school children in Kabul

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Catani, Claudia ^a,b   Schauer, Elisabeth ^b   Elbert, Thomas ^b,c   Missmahl, Inge ^d   Bette, Jean Paul ^c   Neuner, Frank ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d Caritas International   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69249097034     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20415     Document Type: Article

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