Brief solution-focused counseling: A practical effective strategy for dealing with wait lists in community-based mental health services

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Mireau, Ruth ^a,b   Inch, Roxanne ^a  

^a SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based mental health services; Program evaluation; Short term counseling; Solution focused; Strengths based

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149520574     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.1.63     Document Type: Article

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