Bridging the practitioner-scientist gap in group psychotherapy research

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-196

  Lau, Mark A ^a,b   Ogrodniczuk, John ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^c   Sochting, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SCIENCE;

EID: 77950275404     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.2.177     Document Type: Article

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