'Traumatisers or traumatised': Trauma experiences and personality characteristics of Australian prisoners

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is over represented in the prisoner population and is predictive of violence and suicide. This raises issues in relation to prisoner management, as well as theoretical issues such as why there is a range of vulnerability for PTSD. The current study e...

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Main Authors: Egeressy, A., Butler, Tony, Hunter, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28544