Posttraumatic growth: Is there evidence for changing our practice?

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Colleen A ^a  

^a Sisters of Charity Outreach   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Pathology; Posttraumatic growth; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649022581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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