Assessment of the impact of racial discrimination and racism: How to use the race-based traumatic stress symptom scale in practice

Traumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-39

  Carter, Robert T ^a   Sant Barket, Sinéad M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Race Based Traumatic Stress Scale; Racial trauma; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975229462     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/trm0000018     Document Type: Article

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