Counselor and Client Perspectives of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 902-914

  Murray, Laura K ^a   Skavenski, Stephanie ^a   Michalopoulos, Lynn M ^b   Bolton, Paul A ^a   Bass, Judith K ^a   Familiar, Itziar ^a   Imasiku, Mwiya ^c   Cohen, Judith ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; ZAMBIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84918822810     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.859079     Document Type: Article

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