Responding to the needs of children in crisis

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-303

  Jones, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD; CONFLICT; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FOOD; FOSTER CARE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 45849087703     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260801996081     Document Type: Review

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