When 2-3% really matters: The (un)importance of religiosity in psychotherapy

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-526

  McVittie, Chris ^a   Tiliopoulos, Niko ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TRAINING;

EID: 34547905757     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670601005471     Document Type: Article

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