Esuba: A psychoeducation group for incarcerated survivors of abuse

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-208

  Roe Sepowitz, Dominique E ^a   Bedard, Laura E ^b   Pate, Kerensa N ^c   Hedberg, E C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b J Craig Venter Institute   (United States)

^c Bureau of Inmate Transition   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse; incarcerated women; posttraumatic stress; psychoeducation; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891374256     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X12465410     Document Type: Article

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