Group therapy with traumatized asylum seekers and refugees: For whom it works and for whom it does not?

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Droždek, Boris ^a   Bolwerk, Nina ^b  

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

^b QS Gezondheidsmanagement   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; asylum seekers; culture; demographic variables; ethnicity; group treatment; psychosocial stressors; PTSD TBI; race; refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551567362     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610388299     Document Type: Article

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