Childhood adversity, mental ill-health and aggressive behavior in an African orphanage: Changes in response to trauma-focused therapy and the implementation of a new instructional system

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hermenau, Katharin ^a   Hecker, Tobias ^a   Ruf, Martina ^a,b   Schauer, Elisabeth ^b   Elbert, Thomas ^a,b   Schauer, Maggie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Kidnet; Mental health; Orphans; Ptsd; Tanzania; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KIDNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ORPHANAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80053172546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-5-29     Document Type: Article

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