Unrecognized hospital trauma as a source of complex psychiatric symptoms: A systematic case study with implications for children's rights and evidence-based practice

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-553

  Raby, Carly ^a   Edwards, David ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Child psychotherapy; Clinical case study; Cognitive behavior therapy; Hospital; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT RIGHTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052408219     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.587470     Document Type: Article

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