Differences in prevalence rates of PTSD in various European countries explained by war exposure, other trauma and cultural value orientation

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burri, Andrea ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural assessment; Cultural values; Mental disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Societies; War trauma; World War II

Indexed keywords

CRIME VICTIM; DISASTER VICTIM; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

CRIME VICTIMS; DISASTER VICTIMS; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALUE OF LIFE; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84902889713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-407     Document Type: Article

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