The women and depression project: Feminist action research and guided self-help groups emerging from the finnish women's movement

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-221

  Laitinen, Irmeli ^a,b   Ettorre, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Eating Disorders Services ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; SELF HELP; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4344681901     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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