Prevention, solution-focused therapy, and the illusion of mental disorders

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Fish, Jefferson M ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Positive expectancy; Prevention of mental illness; Response expectancy; Solution focused therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030551386     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(96)80024-2     Document Type: Article

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