Analysis of trauma exposure, symptomatology and functioning in Jewish Israeli and Palestinian adolescents

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 427-432

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a   Graham, John R ^b   Kanat Maymon, Yaniv ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE EAST; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70450209610     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.050393     Document Type: Article

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