Mental health interventions for children in adversity: Pilot-testing a research strategy for treatment selection in low-income settings

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 456-466

  Jordans, M J D ^a   Tol, W A ^a,b   Komproe, I H ^a,c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burundi; Care planning; Children; Family; Intervention; Low income countries; Mental health; Protocol development; Treatment selection; War

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURUNDI; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORALITY; PARENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL NEEDS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP;

BURUNDI; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

BURUNDI;

EID: 79960700701     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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