Trauma healing in refugee camps in Guinea: A psychosocial program for Liberian and Sierra Leonean survivors of torture and war

American Psychologist

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 921-932

  Stepakoff, Shanee ^a   Hubbard, Jon ^a   Katoh, Maki ^a   Falk, Erika ^a   Mikulu, Jean Baptiste ^a   Nkhoma, Potiphar ^a   Omagwa, Yuvenalis ^a  

^a CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

African refugees; Psychosocial programs; Refugee mental health; Torture survivors; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GUINEA; HUMAN; LIBERIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; SIERRA LEONE; SURVIVOR; TORTURE;

GUINEA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEES; SIERRA LEONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TORTURE;

EID: 33751221905     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.8.921     Document Type: Article

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