Shame and avoidance in trauma

Trauma Rehabilitation After War and Conflict: Community and Individual Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 247-263

  Van Vliet, K Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5722-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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