Preventing children's posttraumatic stress after disaster with teacher-based intervention: A controlled study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-348.e2

  Wolmer, Leo ^a   Hamiel, Daniel ^a   Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; PTSD; school; teacher based intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER MEDICINE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS MOOD SCALE; TEACHER; UCLA POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER REACTION INDEX;

EID: 79952948037     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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