Posttraumatic stress disorder in infants and young children exposed to war-related trauma

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 645-658

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Vengrober, Adva ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment theory; preschoolers; PTSD; toddlers; war related trauma

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 79959630945     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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