Child and adolescent mental health research in the context of Hurricane Katrina: An ecological needs-based perspective and introduction to the special section

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-494

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Overstreet, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DISASTER; ECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOUISIANA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 47949114935     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410802148251     Document Type: Article

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