Strange but common bedfellows: ThE relationship between humanitarians and the military in developing psychosocial interventions for civilian populations affected by armed conflict

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 492-518

  Kienzler, Hanna ^a   Pedersen, Duncan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

humanitarian aid; humanitarian intervention; PTSD; therapeutic treatment; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARMY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMANITARIAN AID; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; WAR;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONS; POLITICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 84866872010     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461512447927     Document Type: Article

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