Reconsidering a "Woman's Issue:" Psychotherapy and One Man's Postabortion Experiences

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Holmes, Marcelle Christian ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTABORTION DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 1842735089     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.1.103     Document Type: Article

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