Cutting to Live: A Phenomenology of Self-Harm

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-208

  Brown, Tiffany B ^a   Kimball, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876154748     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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