The litigant-patient: Mental health consequences of civil litigation

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Strasburger, Larry H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS;

EID: 0033026674     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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