An empirical investigation of group treatment for a clinical population of adult female incest survivors

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-88

  Saxe, Brenda J ^a,c   Johnson, Susan M ^b  

^a Ctr Treatm Sexual Abuse C   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group therapy; Incest; Treatment outcome; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INCEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM;

EID: 0032807108     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v08n01_05     Document Type: Article

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