Star wars in psychotherapy: Video games in the office

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Ceranoglu, Tolga Atilla ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RECREATION;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 77951788939     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.3.233     Document Type: Article

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