Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Youth in IDP Camps in Northern Uganda: Adaptation and Training

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-624

  Verdeli, Helen ^a,b,c   Clougherty, Kathleen ^b,c   Onyango, Grace ^d   Lewandowski, Eric ^a   Speelman, Liesbeth ^e   Betancourt, Teresa S ^f   Neugebauer, Richard ^b,c   Stein, Traci R ^a   Bolton, Paul ^g  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d World Vision Uganda   (Uganda)

^e Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (Uganda)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRUST; UGANDA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TEACHING; UGANDA;

EID: 45249088745     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Review

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