Victims' use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL, 2014, Pages

  Bicanic, Iva ^a   Snetselaar, Hanneke ^a   De Jongh, Ad ^b,c   Van de Putte, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assault; Emergency care; Mental health; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975812497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23645     Document Type: Article

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