Validation of a french adaptation of the harvard trauma questionnaire among torture survivors from sub-saharan african countries

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Fouchier, Capucine ^a,b   Blanchet, Alain ^b   Hopkins, William ^c   Bui, Eric ^d,e   Ait Aoudia, Malik ^a,b   Jehel, Louis ^f,g  

^a De l'Institut de Victimologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^c Freedom from Torture   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^g Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Cross cultural assessment; Ethnic cultural minorities; Questionnaire; Refugees; Torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891878274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.19225     Document Type: Article

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