The importance of the concepts of disaster, catastrophe, violence, trauma and barbarism in defining posttraumatic stress disorder in clinical practice

The importance of the concepts of disaster, catastrophe, violence, trauma and barbarism in defining posttraumatic stress disorder in clinical practice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several terms in the scientific literature about posttraumatic stress disorder are used with different meanings in studies conducted by different authors. Words such as <it>trauma, violence, catastrophe, disaster </it>and...

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Main Authors: Mello Marcelo F, Mari Jair J, Fiks Jose P, Braga Luciana L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/8/68

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