Communities that care for families: The LINC model for enhancing individual, family, and community resilience

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-524

  Landau, Judith ^a  

^a Linking Human Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; ARISE; Assessment; Change agents; Communities; Community change; Community Links; Connectedness; Depression; Extended families; Families; Family Links; Family support; Family therapy; Family violence; Gambling; Genograms; Grief; Heart disease; HIV AIDS; Impulsive behavior; Isolation; Kosovo; LINC; Natural helpers; Political violence; PTSD; Resilience; Romania; Sexual risk taking; STDs; Substance abuse; Transitional pathways; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 77958462167     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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