A Review of the History of Traumatic Stress Studies in Japan: From Traumatic Neurosis to PTSD

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-209

  Goto, Toyomi ^a   Wilson, John P ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic bomb survivors; disaster; Japanese; PTSD; war neurosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997966594     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838003004003001     Document Type: Article

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