Depression in North Carolina social workers: Implications for practice and research

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-40

  Siebert, Darcy Clay ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Impairment; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642532869     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.1.30     Document Type: Article

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