Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in young survivors of mass violence in low- and middle-income counries: Meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 247-254

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Malek, Mina ^b   Nickerson, Angela ^c   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVOR; THERAPY EFFECT; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 85018724181     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.180265     Document Type: Review

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