Children and young people who are refugees, internally displaced persons or survivors or perpetrators of war, mass violence and terrorism

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Drury, John ^a   Williams, Richard ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Grounds of St Cadoc's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

posttraumatic stress; psychosocial response; resilience; violence; war

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL INSTABILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RAPE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TERRORISM; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; MINORS; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861802605     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328353eea6     Document Type: Review

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