Companion recovery model to reduce the effects of profound catastrophic trauma for former child soldiers in Ganta, Liberia

Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-51

  Gregory, Jenifer ^a,c   Embrey, David G ^b  

^a World Change for Children   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Catastrophic Trauma; Child Soldiers; International Research; Resilience; Trauma intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249163844     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608326178     Document Type: Article

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