Short- and long-term effects on the victims of terror in Sri Lanka

The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-228

  Somasundaram, Daya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Collective trauma; Psychosocial problems; PTSD; South Asia; Tamils; Torture; War trauma

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EID: 77953214495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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