Grief and trauma group therapy for children after hurricane katrina

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-79

  Salloum, Alison ^a   Garside, Laura W ^b   Irwin, C Louis ^c   Anderson, Adrian D ^d   Francois, Anita H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Children's Bureau of New Orleans Inc   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; Grief; Group therapy; Group work; Hurricane; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749084700     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609510802290958     Document Type: Article

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