Linguistic Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Following 11 September 2001
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[September 11, 2001: experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder].
This article searches for a broader knowledge on the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after the author has experienced the tragedy occurred in September 2001 in New York. The article aims at reporting this life experience after the terrorist attacks by relating it to the PTSD as well as trying to interpret and to understand the event from the point of view of this personal experience. Thus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Cognitive Psychology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0888-4080
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1830