Psychological rehabilitation of ex-combatants in non-western, post-conflict settings

Trauma Rehabilitation After War and Conflict: Community and Individual Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 177-213

  Maedl, Anna ^a   Schauer, Elisabeth ^a,b   Odenwald, Michael ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

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EID: 79953182971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5722-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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