When parents with severe mental illness lose contact with their children: Are psychiatric symptoms or substance use to blame?

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-287

  Jones, Danson ^a   Macias, Rosemarie Lillianne ^b   Gold, Paul B ^c   Barreira, Paul ^d   Fisher, William ^e  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 46349107972     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325020701741849     Document Type: Article

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