Helping adolescents cope with the mental illness of a parent through bibliotherapy

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 455-469

  Tussing, Heidi L ^a   Valentine, Deborah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bibliotherapy; Parental Mental Illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750543683     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012992116742     Document Type: Article

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