Etiology and treatment of post-cumulative traumatic stress disorders in different cultures

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 128-141

  Kira, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a Center for Torture and Trauma Survivors   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural dynamics; cumulative dynamics; cumulative trauma; identity trauma; multicomponent therapies; multimodal; multisystemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650078053     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610365914     Document Type: Article

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