Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions for Children Survivors of Natural and Man-Made Disasters

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Newman, Elana ^a   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^b   Kirlic, Namik ^a   Tett, Robert ^a   Nelson, Summer ^a   Liles, Brandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Child disaster; Interventions; Meta analysis; Natural disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychosocial treatment; Terrorism; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84925548256     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0462-z     Document Type: Review

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