Family therapists in trauma-response teams: Bringing systems thinking into interdisciplinary fieldwork

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Mendenhall, Tai J ^a   Berge, Jerica M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster relief; Disaster response; Family therapy; Family therapy in trauma; Mental health in fieldwork; Trauma; Trauma response teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849110964     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2009.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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