Treating Maladaptive Grief and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Orphaned Children in Tanzania: Group-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 664-671

  O'Donnell, Karen ^a,b   Dorsey, Shannon ^c   Gong, Wenfeng ^d   Ostermann, Jan ^a   Whetten, Rachel ^a   Cohen, Judith A ^e   Itemba, Dafrosa ^f   Manongi, Rachel ^g   Whetten, Kathryn ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Trauma Treatment and Research Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Tanzania Women's Research Foundation (TAWREF)   (Tanzania)

^g KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL GUARDIAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 84920168630     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21970     Document Type: Article

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