Treatment of traumatized refugee children with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in a psychodynamic context

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Oras, Reet ^a   De Ezpeleta, Susana Cancela ^a   Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; EMDR; PTSD; Refugee; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042815376     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410006232     Document Type: Article

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