Acupuncture for Refugees With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Initial Experiences Establishing a Community Clinic

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Pease, Marisa ^a   Sollom, Richard ^b   Wayne, Peter ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NIGHTMARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SYMPTOM; VICTIM; VIVID DREAM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AFRICA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849085689     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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