Sense of place: A model for community based psychosocial support programs

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Prewitt Diaz, Joseph O ^a   Dayal, Anjana ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources   (Puerto Rico)

^b International Committee of the Red Cross ^*

Author keywords

Psychosocial well being; Sense of place; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749119438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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