Early preventive interventions for adolescents exposed to a potentially traumatic event

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-215

  Berkowitz, S J ^a,b   Watson, P J ^c   Brymer, M J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Center for Child Traumatic Stress   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Early intervention; Stress disorders, post traumatic

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961013611     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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