Psychiatrists' referrals to self-help groups for people with mood disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 809-811

  Powell, Thomas J ^a   Silk, Kenneth R ^d   Albeck, Joseph H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MICHIGAN; MOOD DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0034130598     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.6.809     Document Type: Article

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