Early psychosocial interventions after disasters, terrorism and other shocking events: Is there a gap between norms and practice in Europe?

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Te Brake, Hans ^a   Dückers, Michel ^a  

^a IMPACT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Disaster; Early psychosocial interventions; Psychological assessment; Shocking events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903460464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19093     Document Type: Article

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