The effect of traumatic bereavement on tsunami-exposed survivors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 497-504

  Johannesson, Kerstin Bergh ^a   Lundin, Tom ^a   Hultman, Christina M ^b   Lindam, Anna ^a   Dyster Aas, Johan ^a   Arnberg, Filip ^a   Michel, Per Olof ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TSUNAMI;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749109413     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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