Psychosocial interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in low- and middle-income countries: Study protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Purgato, Marianna ^a,b   Gross, Alden L ^b   Jordans, Mark J D ^c,d   de Jong, Joop T V M ^e   Barbui, Corrado ^a   Tol, Wietse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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

^c Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Individual patient data meta analysis; Low and middle income countries; Mental health; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDREN DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA PROCESSING; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907264076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-34     Document Type: Article

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