Post-traumatic stress reactions in survivors of the 2011 massacre on utøya island, norway

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 361-367

  Dyb, Grete ^a   Jensen, Tine K ^b   Nygaard, Egil ^b   Ekeberg, Øivind ^c   Diseth, Trond H ^d   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^e   Thoresen, Siri ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b Faculty of Social Sciences   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Centre for Violence Traumatic Stress Studies Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; DIVORCED PARENT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PAIN; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEAR; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895057567     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.133157     Document Type: Article

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