Endurance is to be shown at the first blow: Social representations and reactions to traumatic experiences in the Gaza strip

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Afana, Abdel Hamid ^a   Pedersen, Duncan ^b   Rønsbo, Henrik ^c   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Culture; Palestinians; Political violence; Social representation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953975363     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610365913     Document Type: Article

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