Moral injury in traumatized refugees

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 122-123

  Nickerson, Angela ^a   Schnyder, Ulrich ^b   Bryant, Richard A ^a   Schick, Matthis ^b   Mueller, Julia ^c   Morina, Naser ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services Thurgau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ASYLUM SEEKER; BATTLE INJURY; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INJURY; LEARNING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORAL INJURY; MORALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; RELIGION;

EID: 84924142450     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369353     Document Type: Letter

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