Psychologically Distressed Refugee Children in the United Kingdom

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 57-68

  Hodes, Matthew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees; treatment; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015606506     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-3588.00286     Document Type: Article

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