Trauma-focused public mental-health interventions: A paradigm shift in humanitarian assistance and aid work

Trauma Rehabilitation After War and Conflict: Community and Individual Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 389-428

  Schauer, Maggie ^a   Schauer, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

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EID: 84892190959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5722-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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