Improving mental health status and coping abilities for long-term unemployed youth using cognitive-behaviour therapy based training interventions

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 963-978

  Creed, Peter A ^a   Machin, Michael Anthony ^b   Hicks, Richard E ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre ^*

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EID: 0033216655     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199911)20:6<963::AID-JOB916>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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