Mental health professionals' support of self-help groups

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Salzer, Mark S ^a   Rappaport, Julian ^b   Segre, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Professional survey; Professional centrism; Self help groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034747487     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.606     Document Type: Article

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