Community-building before, during, and after times of trauma: The application of the linc model of community resilience in kosovo

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Agani, Ferid ^a   Landau, Judith ^b   Agani, Natyra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^b Linking Human Systems   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community resilience; Community building; Ethnic cleansing; Family functioning; Family therapy; Kosovo; LINC; Natural helpers; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 77952794332     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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