Mutual aid groups for older persons with a mental illness

Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-126

  Kelly, Timothy B ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authority theme; Group work; Intimacy theme; Mutual aid groups; Older persons with mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249120822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315044217     Document Type: Chapter

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