Beyond resilience and PTSD: Mapping the heterogeneity of responses to potential trauma

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-83

  Bonanno, George A ^a   Mancini, Anthony D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

grief; PTSD; resilience; trauma trajections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860220112     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017829     Document Type: Article

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