Community violence and urban families: Experiences, effects, and directions for intervention

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 356-368

  Horowitz, Karyn ^a,d,f   McKay, Mary ^b   Marshall, Randall ^c,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mt Sinai University   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mt Sinai University ^*  (United States)

^f E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 23244439956     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.3.356     Document Type: Article

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