School-based cognitive-behavioural therapy group intervention for refugee children who have experienced war-related trauma

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-250

  Ehntholt, Kimberly A ^a,b   Smith, Patrick A ^a,b,c   Yule, William ^a,b,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Psychiatry

^d Foundation for Children and War

Author keywords

Children; Group CBT; PTSD; Refugees; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GROUP THERAPY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

EID: 17644396034     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104505051214     Document Type: Article

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