Effectiveness and specificity of a classroom-based group intervention in children and adolescents exposed to war in Lebanon

World Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Karam, Elie G ^a,b   Fayyad, John ^a,b   Karam, Aimee Nasser ^a,b   Tabet, Caroline Cordahi ^a,b   Melhem, Nadine ^b,c   Mneimneh, Zeina ^b,d   Dimassi, Hani ^b,e  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b Research   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Classroom based group intervention; Depression; Post traumatic stress disorder; Separation anxiety; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TEACHER; WAR;

EID: 57049084639     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2008.tb00170.x     Document Type: Article

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