Piloting a gratitude intervention in a community mental health team

Groupwork

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 73-87

  Carson, Jerome ^a   Muir, Margaret ^b   Clark, Sherry ^d   Wakely, Elizabeth ^c   Chander, Anant ^d  

^a South West Sector CMHT   (United Kingdom)

^b Margaret Muir Co Facilitator and Service User   (United Kingdom)

^c Group Participant and Service User   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

CMHT; Gratitude; Positive psychology; Thankfulness; Workshops

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052008209     PISSN: 0951824X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1921/095182410X576868     Document Type: Article

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