The clergy as a source of mental health assistance: What Americans believe

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-211

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Vaaler, Margaret L ^a   Flannelly, Kevin J ^b   Weaver, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^c Boston Wesleyan Association   (United States)

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