High school students' posttraumatic symptoms, substance abuse and involvement in violence in the aftermath of war

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1321-1328

  Schiff, Miriam ^a   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^a,b   Benbenishty, Rami ^c   Brom, Danny ^a,b   Baum, Naomi ^b   Astor, Ron Avi ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Herzog Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arab students; Childhood traumatic events; Israel; Political violence; PTSD; Risk behaviors; School violence; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

DRUG USER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ISRAEL;

CANNABIS;

EID: 84864301090     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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