Mental health issues of abused women: The perceptions of shelter workers

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-102

  Tutty, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STAFF; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032466816     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-1998-0005     Document Type: Article

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