Resilience after maltreatment: The importance of social services as facilitators of positive adaptation

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 110-115

  Ungar, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Adversity; Child welfare; Maltreatment; Resilience; Resources; Risk exposure; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84875391531     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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