Is the culture always right?

Traumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-145

  Dyregrov, Atle ^a   Gupta, Leila ^b   Gjestad, Rolf ^a   Raundalen, Magne ^a  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b UN Consultant 2410 Ndjamena Place ^*  (Chad)

Author keywords

Children; Culture; Non western societies; PTSD; Trauma field; Traumatic stress; War; Western models of therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900871137     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560200800302     Document Type: Article

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