Coping with the trauma of war: Former child soldiers in post-conflict sierra leone

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 791-806

  Denov, Myriam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

armed conflict; child soldiers; reintegration; resilience; Sierra Leone; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349261160     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809358400     Document Type: Article

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