title: Fostering resilience in children at risk through a cultural therapy intervention in Kingston, Jamaica.
abstract: This report explores an initiative in Kingston, Jamaica to foster resilience in children in an inner-city community plagued by violence and other social problems. This initiative was undertaken by CARIMENSA, the Caribbean Institute for Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management Studies at University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica WI. hilary.hickling@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robertson-Hickling
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paisley
authors.forename: Jaswant
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guzder
authors.forename: Frederick W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Hickling
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002947:Cities; D003469:Culture; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D010553:Personality Development; D011203:Poverty; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012572:School Health Services; D012931:Social Environment; D012940:Social Problems; D014754:Violence