Evaluating a multiple-family group access intervention for refugees with PTSD

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-164

  Weine, Stevan ^a,d   Kulauzovic, Yasmina ^a   Klebic, Alma ^a   Besic, Sanela ^a   Mujagic, Aida ^a   Muzurovic, Jasmina ^a   Spahovic, Dzemila ^a   Sclove, Stanley ^a   Pavkovic, Ivan ^a   Feetham, Suzanne ^b   Rolland, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42349087592     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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