Holding Therapy and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Are Not Supported and Acceptable Social Work Interventions: A Systematic Research Synthesis Revisited

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-519

  Pignotti, Monica ^a   Mercer, Jean ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

dyadic developmental psychotherapy; evidence based practice; foster children; holding therapy; mental health interventions; outcome research

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249156984     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506297046     Document Type: Article

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