Caring for children and adolescents in the aftermath of natural disasters

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-528

  Belfer, Myron L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TSUNAMI; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33845609631     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260601048877     Document Type: Review

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