Emotional dysregulation: The key to a treatment approach for violent mentally ill individuals

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-171

  Newhill, Christina E ^a   Mulvey, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectical behavior therapy; Emotional dysregulation; Personality disorder; Substance abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036250982     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015293428307     Document Type: Article

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