Deliberate self-injury. A consumer-therapist co-run group. A choice or a necessity?

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-38

  Kokaliari, Efrosini D ^a   Lanzano, Kristen ^b  

^a Division of Humanities and Fine Arts   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Consumer empowerment; Group treatment; Self injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COLLEGE; CONSUMER; GROUP THERAPY; HEALING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SCHOOL; SHAME; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 15244362786     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00001901     Document Type: Article

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