An evidenced-based review of psychological treatments of anger and aggression

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-248

  Glancy, Graham ^a,b,c   Saini, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Effects; Psychotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244458644     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhi013     Document Type: Review

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