A preliminary study of PTSD and grief among the children of Kuwait following the Gulf crisis

Author: Nader, Kathi, Pynoos, Robert S

Source:
In: Psychological effects of war and violence on children. Leavitt, Lewis A.; Fox, Nathan A.; Hillsdale, NJ, England: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, 1993: 181-195. [Chapter]
Among the most serious long-term sequelae of war for children is the psychological trauma resulting from seeing and experiencing life threat, violence, and torture / describes the screening and intervention components of a program conducted in consultation with the UCLA Program in Trauma, Violence, and Sudden Bereavement / reports on the findings of a pilot screening of 54 Kuwaiti children [7-17 yrs old], which was conducted 4 months after the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in 1991 / outlines a more comprehensive epidemiological survey of a representative sample of Kuwaiti children [7-17 yrs old] conducted from October to December 1991