Exposure to prolonged socio-political conflict and the risk of PTSD and depression among Palestinians

Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-231

  Canetti, Daphna ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Hall, Brian J ^c   Johnson, Robert J ^d   Palmieri, Patrick A ^e   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PALESTINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957672870     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2010.73.3.219     Document Type: Article

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