Group trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy with former child soldiers and other war-affected boys in the DR Congo: A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1231-1241

  McMullen, John ^a   O'Callaghan, Paul ^a   Shannon, Ciaran ^a   Black, Alastair ^b   Eakin, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Futures (NI) Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; group; posttraumatic stress; psychosocial distress; therapy; war

Indexed keywords

GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLDIER; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

CHILDREN; GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS; THERAPY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 84885571922     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12094     Document Type: Article

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