General mental health practitioners as EAP network affiliates: Does EAP short-term counseling overlap with general practice psychotherapy?

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-369

  Sharar, David A ^a  

^a CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliate networks; Employee assistance programs; Short term counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349087002     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhn023     Document Type: Article

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