Psychosocial support for war-traumatized child and adolescent refugees: Evaluation of a short-term treatment program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Möhlen, Heike ^a   Parzer, Peter ^a   Resch, Franz ^a   Brunner, Romuald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child psychiatry; Outcome; Refugees; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; GERMANY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 14044258551     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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