Child custody loss among women with persistent severe mental illness

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child custody loss; Human ecology theory; Parenting; Qualitative research; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645675916     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.4.199     Document Type: Article

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