Severely traumatized siblings: A treatment strategy

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-71

  Leavitt, Kerry S ^a   Gardner, Sarah A ^a   Gallagher, Mary M ^c   Schamess, Gerald ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disrupted attachment; Relationships; Siblings; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032377567     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022897512333     Document Type: Article

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