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Title: Language acquisition in relation to cumulative posttraumatic stress disorder symptom load over time in a sample of re-settled refugees.
Author: Söndergaard HP, Theorell T.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and dissociation as well as cumulative symptom load on language learning during the introduction phase in re-settled refugees. METHOD: Participants were re-
Journal: Psychother Psychosom. 2004 Sep-Oct;73(5):320-3.