Trauma, loss, and resilience in Africa: A psychosocial community based approach to culturally sensitive healing

Honoring Differences: Cultural Issues in the Treatment of Trauma and Loss

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-149

  Peddle, Nancy ^a   Monteiro, Carlinda ^b   Guluma, Vello ^c   Macaulay, Thomas E A ^d  

^a Taylor Institute   (United States)

^b Christian Children's Fund   (Angola)

^c NONE   (Liberia)

^d Christian Children's Fund   (Sierra Leone)

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EID: 85075325508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203778005-15     Document Type: Chapter

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