A pilot study of a family focused, psychosocial intervention with war-exposed youth at risk of attack and abduction in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1197-1207

  O'Callaghan, Paul ^a   Branham, Lindsay ^b   Shannon, Ciarán ^a   Betancourt, Theresa S ^c   Dempster, Martin ^a   McMullen, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Africa at Discover the Journey Senior Producer at Discover the Journey ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Internalising symptoms; Post traumatic stress symptoms; Psychosocial; War; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONGO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; CRIME; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FAMILY; HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRIME; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84904508007     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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