E-mail as an adjunctive tool in psychotherapy: Response and responsibility

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-181

  Peterson, Marsha R ^a   Beck, Robert L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS INTERVENTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0141723669     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.167     Document Type: Review

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