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Teachers-based intervention provides stress resistance in war-exposed children

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In a study published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, researchers report on the effects of an Israeli, teacher-based stress resistance intervention implemented in grade schools before the rocket attacks that occurred during Operation Cast Lead, compared with a non-intervention but exposed control group.

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