The challenge of estimating PTSD prevalence in the context of ongoing trauma: The example of Israel during the Second Intifada

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 788-793

  Hoffman, Yaakov S G ^a,b   Diamond, Gary M ^b   Lipsitz, Joshua D ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ongoing; Prevalence; PTSD; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM;

HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 79957896970     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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