“With a little help from my friends i get by”: Self-help books and psychotherapy

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-322

  Apfel, Roberta J ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD REARING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BOOKS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030512207     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1996.11024771     Document Type: Article

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