Cognitive-behavioural interventions for children who have been sexually abused

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Macdonald, Geraldine ^a   Higgins, Julian PT ^b   Ramchandani, Paul ^c   Valentine, Jeffrey C ^d   Bronger, Latricia P ^d   Klein, Paul ^d   O'Daniel, Roland ^e   Pickering, Mark ^d   Rademaker, Ben ^d   Richardson, George ^f   Taylor, Matthew ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e Department of Teaching and Learning ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864503901     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001930.pub3     Document Type: Review

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