Effectiveness of a trauma/grief-focused group intervention: A qualitative study with war-exposed Bosnian adolescents

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-345

  Cox, Jonathan ^a   Davies, D Rob ^b   Burlingame, Gary M ^a   Campbell, J Eric ^c   Layne, Christopher M ^d   Katzenbach, R Jason ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Heber Valley Elementary School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 34547414069     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2007.57.3.319     Document Type: Article

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