The ISTSS/Rand guidelines on mental health training of primary healthcare providers for trauma-exposed populations in conflict-affected countries

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-17

  Eisenman, David ^a,b   Weine, Stevan ^c   Green, Bonnie ^d   De Jong, Joop ^e   Rayburn, Nadine ^a   Ventevogel, Peter ^e   Keller, Allen ^f   Agani, Ferid ^g  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^f BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; TRAINING; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745371447     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20094     Document Type: Review

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