Community mental health in emergencies and mass disasters: The Tel-Aviv model

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 681-694

  Laor, Nathaniel ^a   Wiener, Zeev ^b   Spirman, Smadar ^b   Wolmer, Leo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disaster; Emergency; Mental health; Municipal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; GOVERNMENT; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 20844456044     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v10n03_02     Document Type: Review

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