Social and trauma-related pathways leading to psychological distress and functional limitations four years after the humanitarian emergency in Timor-Leste

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-160

  Silove, Derrick ^a   Brooks, R ^a   Steel Bateman, C ^a   Steel, Z ^a   Fonseca, Z ^a   Amaral, C ^a   Rodger, J ^a   Soosay, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; CIVIL DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149136721     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20499     Document Type: Article

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