The perversion of care: Psychological therapies in a time of IAPT

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-24

  Rizq, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disavowal; IAPT; mental health; organisational dynamics; perversion; psychoanalytic; psychological therapies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857258018     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753634.2012.640161     Document Type: Article

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