The machine as psychotherapist: Impersonal communication with a machine

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 416-426

  Tantam, Digby ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58049094887     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.12.6.416     Document Type: Article

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