Assessment of PTSD in Non-Western Cultures: The Need for New Contextual and Complex Perspectives

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Droždek, Boris ^a   Wilson, John P ^b   Turkovic, Silvana ^b  

^a Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Asylum seekers; Complex ptsd; Cultural sensitivity; Refugees; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865860542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399066.013.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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