Low intensity interventions for psychological symptoms following mass trauma

Mental Health of Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations: Theory, Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 341-356

  Dawson, Katie S ^a   Rahman, Atif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Global mental health; Humanitarian settings; Low intensity psychological interventions; Low and middle income countries; Non specialist providers; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078100533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97046-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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