To Treat or Not to Treat: Responding to Psychotic Experiences

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2003-2019

  Oh, Hans ^a   DeVylder, Jordan E ^a   Chen, Fang Pei ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; psychosis; psychotic experience; social work practice; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947753930     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct199     Document Type: Review

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