Understanding human adaptation to traumatic stress exposure: Beyond the medical model

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Benight, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; medical model; posttraumatic stress disorder; resilience; theory; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871008064     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026245     Document Type: Article

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