Group Therapy for Children After Homicide and Violence: A Pilot Study

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-211

  Salloum, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; grief; group therapy; homicide; posttraumatic stress; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749137860     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507307808     Document Type: Article

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