Child mental health in the aftermath of disaster: A review of PTSD studies

Mental Health and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 218-232

  Hoven, Christina W ^a   Duarte, Cristiane S ^b   Blake Turner, J ^a   Mandell, Donald J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 79953252622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730030.013     Document Type: Chapter

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