Missing or killed : The differential effect on mental health in women in bosnia and herzegovina of the confirmed or unconfirmed loss of their husbands

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Powell, Steve ^a   Butollo, Willi ^b   Hagl, Maria ^b  

^a ProMENTE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grief; Loss; Missing; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956291474     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000018     Document Type: Article

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