Trauma, mental health, and intergenerational associations in Kosovar families 11 years after the war

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Schick, Matthis ^a   Morina, Naser ^a   Klaghofer, Richard ^a   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Müller, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Intergenerational; Kosovo; Parents; PTSD; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964546827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21060     Document Type: Article

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