I Bask in Dreams of Suicide: Mental Illness, Poetry, and Women

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-286

  Kaufman, James C ^a,c   Baer, John ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242305934     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.6.3.271     Document Type: Article

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