Helping Children Exposed to War and Violence: Perspectives from an International Work Group on Interventions for Youth and Families

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-388

  Kletter, Hilit ^a   Rialon, Rebecca A ^a   Laor, Nathaniel ^b,c,d,e   Brom, Daniel ^f,g   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^f,g   Shaheen, Mohammed ^h   Hamiel, Daniel ⁱ   Chemtob, Claude ^j   Weems, Carl F ^k   Feinstein, Carl ^a   Lieberman, Alicia ^l   Reicherter, Daryn ^a   Song, Suzan ^m   Carrion, Victor G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c Association for Children at Risk   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h Center for Development in Primary Health Care   (Palestine)

ⁱ Tel Aviv Jaffa   (Israel)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^l SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m Asian Americans for Community Involvement   (United States)

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Author keywords

Children; Developmental trauma; Treatment interventions; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880073917     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9203-4     Document Type: Article

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