Trauma reminders and PTSD symptoms in children three years after a terrorist attack in Beslan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 694-700

  Scrimin, Sara ^a   Moscardino, Ughetta ^a   Capello, Fabia ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^b   Pynoos, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beslan; Children; Post traumatic stress symptoms; Russia; Terrorism; Trauma reminders

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COPING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

ALANIA; BESLAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79952009477     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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