Developing preventive mental health interventions for refugee families in resettlement

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-430

  Weine, Stevan Merrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention; Refugee family; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052209667     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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