Using walk-in counseling services after Hurricane Katrina: A program evaluation

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 419-432

  Dass Brailsford, Priscilla ^a   Thomley, Rebecca S Hage ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Orion Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Crisis counseling; Disaster; Disaster counseling; Hurricane Katrina; Single session therapy; Trauma; Volunteering; Walk in services

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORKER; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930799960     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2015.1022287     Document Type: Article

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