Self-help/mutual aid as a psychosocial phenomenon

Mental Health at the Crossroads: The Promise of the Psychosocial Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 137-154

  Munn Giddings, Carol ^a   Borkman, Thomasina ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85084546064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315249131-22     Document Type: Chapter

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