Ecological resilience: Working with child-related psychosocial resources in war-affected communities

Treating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 164-182

  Tol, Wietse A ^a   Jordans, Marc D ^b   Reis, Ria ^c,d   De Jong, Joop ^b,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Anthropology ^*  (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203893104     Document Type: Chapter

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