Trauma-focused CBT with maltreated children: A clinic-based evaluation of a new treatment manual

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-194

  Feather, Jacqueline S ^a   Ronan, Kevin R ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent psychopathology; Child maltreatment; Clinical research; Clinical research methods; Clinical counselling psychology; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449569375     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060903147083     Document Type: Article

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