Child Abuse and Neglect
2019

Trauma recovery for victims of sex trafficking (Article)

Johnson B.C.
  • a Agape International Mission, Rocklin, CA, United States

Abstract

This invited article is one of several comprising part of a special issue of Child Abuse and Neglect focused on child trafficking and health. The purpose of each invited article is to describe a specific program serving trafficked children. Featuring these programs is intended to raise awareness of innovative counter-trafficking strategies emerging worldwide and facilitate collaboration on program development and outcomes research. This article describes a mental health program within Agape Restoration Center (ARC), a residential treatment center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Development of the mental health services program was based on a modified version of an evidence-based trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapeutic modality developed in the U.S (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006, 2012). © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

Author Keywords

Trauma recovery Minor sex trafficking Treating complex trauma Trauma-focused counseling mental health services Exploitation Human trafficking Trafficking

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072699755&doi=10.1016%2fj.chiabu.2019.104153&partnerID=40&md5=0d2c5ed5c43f55eb6f6fe6428f6a5a21

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104153
ISSN: 01452134
Original Language: English