One woman's near destruction and reemergence from psychiatric assault: The inspiring story of evelyn scogin

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-72

  Breeding, John ^a   Scogin, Evelyn ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

drug withdrawal; electroshock; mental illness; psychiatric drugs; psychiatry; recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555194985     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167810385941     Document Type: Article

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