Guiltless guilty-trauma-related guilt and posttraumatic stress disorder in former Ugandan child soldiers;Schuldlos schuldig-schuldempfinden und posttraumatische belastungsstörung bei ehemaligen kindersoldaten in Uganda

Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Klasen, Fionna ^a   Schrage, Jana ^b   Post, Manuela ^a   Adam, Hubertus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Research Center der Stiftung Children for Tomorrow

^c MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Guilt; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952097018     PISSN: 00327034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13109/prkk.2011.60.2.125     Document Type: Article

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