This brief report describes the utilization of a "welcome home" ceremony in the treatment of Vietnam War and other war veterans suffering fiom posttraumatic stress disorder. Designed primarib to aa2ire.s.s the issues of sanctuary trauma and social isolation and alienation, the ceremony drew upon kno
Symbolic recognition: Ceremony in a treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
β Scribed by Jeanne V. Obenchain; Steven M. Silver
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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