Preventive interventions among children exposed to trauma of armed conflict: A literature review

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-116

  Peltonen, Kirsi ^a   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Interventions; Review; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 77952535557     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20334     Document Type: Article

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