A randomized controlled trial of a trauma-informed support, skills, and psychoeducation intervention for survivors of torture and related trauma in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 452-466

  Bass, Judith ^a   Murray, Sarah McIvor ^a   Mohammed, Thikra Ahmed ^b   Bunn, Mary ^b,c   Gorman, William ^b   Ahmed, Ahmed Mohammed Amin ^d   Murray, Laura ^a   Bolton, Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SULAIMANI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; TORTURE; WAR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARMED CONFLICTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; TORTURE;

EID: 85026612505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00017     Document Type: Article

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