Posttraumatic stress among young urban children exposed to family violence and other potentially traumatic events

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 716-724

  Crusto, Cindy A ^a   Whitson, Melissa L ^b   Walling, Sherry M ^c   Feinn, Richard ^d   Friedman, Stacey R ^e   Reynolds, Jesse ^f   Amer, Mona ^g   Kaufman, Joy S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^c FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^g The American University in Cairo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ENGLAND; POVERTY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650253762     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20590     Document Type: Article

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