An evaluation of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children in Zambia

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1175-1185

  Murray, Laura K ^a   Familiar, Itziar ^a   Skavenski, Stephanie ^a   Jere, Elizabeth ^b   Cohen, Judy ^c   Imasiku, Mwiya ^d   Mayeya, John ^e   Bass, Judith K ^a   Bolton, Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Catholic Relief Services   (Zambia)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Child trauma; Evidence based treatment; Implementation; International; Low resource setting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORPHANED CHILD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SHAME; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ZAMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POVERTY; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84890436335     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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