Mental Health Counseling in Haiti: Historical Overview, Current Status, and Plans for the Future

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-519

  Nicolas, Guerda ^a   Jean Jacques, Ronald ^b   Wheatley, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Univ d'Etat d'Haïti   (Haïti)

Author keywords

counseling; Haiti; mental health; policy; psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867021758     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798412443162     Document Type: Article

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