Limited options: Symptoms as expressions of ambivalence

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Fourie, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPNOSIS; INDEPENDENCE; JEALOUS DELUSION; JOB FINDING; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SIBLING; SYMPTOM; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037220008     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180301129     Document Type: Article

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