Post-traumatic stress and joint hypermobility in children and adolescents of Nepal after exposure to an earthquake.
A substantial body of literature has traditionally addressed the connection between the exposure to catastrophic events and the development of Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD), especially in the vulnerable stratum of children and adolescents. However, little is known about their biological pred...
| Publicado en: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 1353 - 1364 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2025
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