Evaluation of group therapy with traumatized asylum seekers and refugees-the Den Bosch model

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 117-127

  Droždek, Boris ^a   Bolwerk, Nina ^b  

^a Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland/Reinier van Arkel groep   (Netherlands)

^b QS Gezondheidsmanagement   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

and other diagnoses (e.g., depression; anxiety disorders; asylum seekers; clinical interventions; culture; ethnicity; group treatment; PTSD TBI; race; refugees; substance abuse)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551522645     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610388298     Document Type: Article

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