Mentally Disordered Firesetters: A Structured Intervention Programme

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 468-475

  Swaffer, Tracey ^a   Haggett, Mick ^a   Oxley, Tanith ^a  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041746726     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.299     Document Type: Article

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