A controlled trial of problem-solving counseling for war-affected adults in Aceh, Indonesia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-291

  Bass, Judith ^a   Poudyal, Bhava ^b   Tol, Wietse ^c   Murray, Laura ^a   Nadison, Maya ^a   Bolton, Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation Action for Torture Victims in Aceh ^*  (Indonesia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Cross cultural; Intervention; Low resource country; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SURVIVOR; TORTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS; TORTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 84857050981     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0339-y     Document Type: Article

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