A psychological treatment programme for traumatised ex military personnel in the UK

Avances en Psicologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-134

  Gal, John ^a,b   Saftis, Elefftherios ^a   Márquez, Inmaculada Vidaña ^a   España, Beatriz Sánchez ^a  

^a Community Housing and Therapy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ex military; Homelessness; Psychotherapy; Therapeutic communities; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849111988     PISSN: 17944724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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