Riding the Mental Health Pendulum: Mixed Messages in the Era of Neurobiology and Self-Help Movements

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 427-438

  Donahue, Anne B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Neurobiology; Self help initiatives; Treatment theories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0034296778     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.5.427     Document Type: Article

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2. Id, p. 16.
3. Id., p. 50.
4. Id., p. 11
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43. Kong, supra.
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