Potential Treatment Mechanisms of Counseling for Children in Burundi: A Series of n=1 Studies

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-348

  Jordans, Mark J D ^a   Komproe, Ivan H ^a   Smallegange, Eva ^a   Ntamatumba, Prudence ^a   Tol, Wietse A ^b   De Jong, Joop T V M ^c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burundi; Children; Client centered counseling; Counselor directedness; Integrative counseling; Posttraumatic stress; Psychosocial counseling; Treatment mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BURUNDI; CHILD; CHILD POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOM SCALE; CHILDREN'S FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT; CHILDREN'S HOPE SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION SELF-RATING SCALE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREEN FOR CHILD ANXIETY RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDER; SELF CONTROL; SUBJECTIVE UNIT OF DISTRESS SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BURUNDI; CHILD; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865183784     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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