Differential Effects of Exposure to Social Violence and Natural Disaster on Children's Mental Health

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 695-702

  Kumar, Manasi ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIVIL DISORDER; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIOTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84890402548     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21874     Document Type: Article

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