Children of war fostered by Greek families for six months: The effect of the programme on children and foster mothers

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 215-222

  Bilanakis, Nikolaos D ^a   Pappas, Evangellos E ^a   Lecic Tosevski, Dusika ^b   Alexiou, Dimitra B ^a  

^a Rehab Center for Torture Victims   (Serbia)

^b The Stress Clinic   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Children Foster parents; Psychopathology; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAR;

EID: 0033375250     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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