A group for the adult daughters of mentally ill mothers: Looking backwards and forwards

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-83

  Williams, Anne Sved ^a,b  

^a Women s and Children s Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 17944375372     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb01368.x     Document Type: Article

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