TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Human trafficking: what psychiatric nurses should know to help children and adolescents
JO  - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
A1  - Newby, Amy
A1  - McGuinness, Teena M.
SP  - 21
EP  - 24
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
N2  - Psychiatric nurses are in key positions to identify and stop human trafficking, as well as aid its survivors. The combination of emotional trauma, sexual violence, and physical injuries experienced by these victims leads to high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. To detect human trafficking, it is important to identify the salient risk factors of homelessness and runaway history. This article offers key questions to help identify victims, as well as web-based resources.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0279-3695
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20120307-03
ID  - ref1
ER  -