Israeli civilians under heavy bombardment: Prediction of the severity of post-traumatic symptoms

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-394

  Somer, Eli ^a   Zrihan Weitzman, Aviva ^a   Fusé, Tiffany ^b   Parker, Holly ^b   Dickstein, Ben ^c,d   Maguen, Shira ^e   Litz, Brett T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bombardment; dissociation; Israeli civilians; post traumatic stress disorder; resilience; war

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOMB; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BOMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650187376     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007196     Document Type: Article

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