Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents: A Case Study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-176

  Scott, Syreeta ^a   Diamond, Guy S ^a   Levy, Suzanne A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Attachment Based Family Therapy; case study; family therapy; suicide; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974824001     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: 14678438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anzf.1149     Document Type: Article

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