Groups for children and adolescents with trauma-related symptoms: Outcomes and processes

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-244

  Shechtman, Zipora ^a   Mor, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARABS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950270412     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.2.221     Document Type: Article

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