Fifteen years after a ferry disaster: Clinical interviews and survivors' self-assessment of their experience

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Arnberg, Filip K ^a   Hultman, Christina M ^b   Michel, Per Olof ^a   Lundin, Tom ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mixed methods; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Social support; Survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895060046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.20650     Document Type: Article

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