The relationship between witnessing arrests and elevated symptoms of posttraumatic stress: Findings from a national study of children involved in the child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1246-1254

  Phillips, Susan D ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child welfare; Parental arrest; Parental incarceration; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955711035     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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