Integrating Couple Therapy with Individual Therapies and Antidepressant Medications in the Treatment of Depression

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 415-429

  Whisman, Mark A ^a,b   Uebelacker, Lisa A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral marital therapy; Depression; Integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000193570     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.6.4.415     Document Type: Article

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