Emotional abuse: The work of a family centre

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 357-369

  Trowell, Judith ^a   Hodges, Sally ^a   Leighton Laing, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment treatment; Emotional abuse; Family centre

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008058425     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199712)6:5<357::AID-CAR358>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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