Psychological assessment of children in disasters and emergencies

Disasters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-198

  Balaban, Victor ^a  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety disorders; Assessment; Children; Depression; Disasters; Mental health; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33646516384     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2006.00314.x     Document Type: Review

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