Associations Between Prolonged Grief Disorder, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Anxiety in Rwandan Genocide Survivors

Death Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-117

  Schaal, Susanne ^a   Dusingizemungu, Jean Pierre ^b   Jacob, Nadja ^a   Neuner, Frank ^c   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b University Teaching Hospital of Butare   (Rwanda)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84855918954     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.573177     Document Type: Article

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