A teacher-delivered intervention for adolescents exposed to ongoing and intense traumatic war-related stress: A quasi-randomized controlled study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 453-461

  Berger, Rony ^a,b   Gelkopf, Marc ^c,d   Heineberg, Yotam ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d NATAL Center for the Treatment of Victims of Terror and War   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Community interventions; PTSD; School based interventions; Somatization; Teacher delivered interventions; Terrorism; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EXTENDED ENHANCING RESILIENCY AMONGST STUDENTS EXPERIENCING STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ISRAEL; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; WAR;

EID: 84867742535     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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