When One Size Doesn't Fit All: The Reformulation of Relapse Prevention

Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 241-254

  Laws, D Richard ^a   Ward, Tony ^b  

^a Pac Psychol Assessment Corporation   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical psychology; Relapse prevention; Self control program; Sexual offenders; Treatment of addictive behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889360435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713457.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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