Trauma and disaster as life disrupters: A model of computer-assisted psychotherapy applied to adolescent victims of the chernobyl disaster

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 586-599

  Kronik, Aleksandr A ^a,b,c   Speckhard, Anne ^c   Akhmerov, Rashad A ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033248521     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.30.6.586     Document Type: Article

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