The effect of cognitive therapy on structural social capital: Results from a randomized controlled trial among sexual violence survivors in the democratic republic of the Congo

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1680-1686

  Hall, Brian J ^a,b   Bolton, Paul A ^b   Annan, Jeannie ^c   Kaysen, Debra ^d   Robinette, Katie ^e   Cetinoglu, Talita ^c   Wachter, Karin ^f   Bass, Judith K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Department of Psychiatry University of Washington ^*  (Congo)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84904703016     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301981     Document Type: Article

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