Transgenerational consequences of PTSD: Risk factors for the mental health of children whose mothers have been exposed to the Rwandan genocide

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roth, Maria ^a   Neuner, Frank ^b   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECT; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897940467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-8-12     Document Type: Article

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