Disasters and Depressive Symptoms in Children: A Review

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 489-504

  Lai, Betty S ^a   Auslander, Beth A ^b   Fitzpatrick, Stephanie L ^c   Podkowirow, Valentina ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Disaster; Review; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904367645     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-014-9249-y     Document Type: Article

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