Acute Interventions for Refugee Children and Families

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 625-640

  Brymer, Melissa J ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Sornborger, Jo ^a   Layne, Christopher M ^a   Pynoos, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REFUGEE; REVIEW;

CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 44949116115     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.02.007     Document Type: Review

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