A school-based mental health service for refugee children

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-201

  O'Shea, Bridget ^a   Hodes, Matthew ^b   Down, Gwynneth ^c   Bramley, John ^d  

^a C/Westminster Mental Hlth Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Hallfield Junior School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Refugees; School intervention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; REFUGEE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034058174     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104500005002004     Document Type: Article

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