School-based intervention for prevention and treatment of elementary-students' terror-related distress in Israel: A quasi-randomized controlled trial

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-551

  Berger, Rony ^a   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^b   Gelkopf, Marc ^a,c  

^a Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War (NATAL)   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TERRORISM;

EID: 34748914159     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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