The search for risk and protective factors in childhood PTSD: From variables to processes

Treating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-71

  Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Renee G ^c   Rice, Aya ^c   Tucker Levin, Arlene ^d  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma   (Israel)

^d NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203893104     Document Type: Chapter

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