Coping and mental health outcomes among israelis living with the chronic threat of terrorism

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-399

  Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a   Schorr, Yonit ^b   Stein, Nathan ^b   Krantz, Lillian H ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^c   Litz, Brett T ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Israel; PTSD; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874071867     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024927     Document Type: Article

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