Racism, trauma and positive aspects of exposure to race-related experiences: Assessment and treatment implications

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-47

  Scurfield, Raymond Monsour ^a   Mackey, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Multi racial; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; Racism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997998636     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v10n01_02     Document Type: Article

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