The role of paraprofessionals in providing treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in low-resource communities

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 571-572

  Jain, Shaili ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURVIVOR; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; WAR; WITNESS; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955289896     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1096     Document Type: Note

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