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6 - Psychological approaches to the acute patient

from Part I - Therapeutic interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2009

M. Dominic Beer ,
Stephen M. Pereira  and
Carol Paton
By
Marc Kingsley
M. Dominic Beer
Affiliation:
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Stephen M. Pereira
Affiliation:
Goodmayes Hospital, Essex
Carol Paton
Affiliation:
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Marc Kingsley
Affiliation:
Chartered Clinical Psychologist, North East London, Mental Health NHS Trust, Goodmayes Hospital, Essex, UK
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Psychiatric Intensive Care , pp. 74 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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