Child abuse

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-256

  Kaufman, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OFFENDER; PLAY THERAPY; PROTECTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VICTIM;

EID: 0029950991     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199607000-00004     Document Type: Short Survey

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