Assessment of the needs of vulnerable youth populations in post-conflict Liberia

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Levey, E J ^a   Borba, C P C ^a,b   Harris, B L ^c   Carney, J R ^a   Dominguez S ^a   Wang, E K S ^a,b   Boxill, R ^a   Henderson, D C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Mental health needs assessment; Post Conflict liberia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SOLDIER; CONFLICT; COUNSELING; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORPHANED CHILD; POPULATION RESEARCH; POST CONFLICT; SOLDIER; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOMIE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WAR;

EID: 84883242532     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i5.47     Document Type: Article

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