Addressing the Consequences of Concentrated Adversity on Child and Adolescent Mental Health

The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Betancourt, Theresa S ^a   Beardslee, William R ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Coping; HIV AIDS; Mental health; Resilience; Social ecology; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894410930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199769100.013.0034     Document Type: Chapter

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