The aftermath of terrorism: posttraumatic stress and functional impairment after the 2011 Oslo bombing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Solberg, Øivind ^a   Blix, Ines ^a   Heir, Trond ^a,b  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

emotional numbing; exposure; functional impairment; post traumatic stress disorder; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995379763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01156     Document Type: Article

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