Is codependency a meaningful concept?

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-286

  Stafford, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CODEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0035323374     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840152053101     Document Type: Article

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