Psychological responses following exposure to violence

Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 295-318

  Needham, Ian ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

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EID: 58949096167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33965-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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