Effectiveness of a single-session early psychological intervention for children after road traffic accidents: A randomised controlled trial

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zehnder, Daniel ^a   Meuli, Martin ^a   Landolt, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRAWING; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 77950430318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-4-7     Document Type: Article

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