British prisoners-of-war: From resilience to psychological vulnerability: Reality or perception

Twentieth Century British History

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-183

  Jones, Edgar ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBAT DISORDERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PRISONERS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 77954134716     PISSN: 09552359     EISSN: 14774674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwp056     Document Type: Article

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