The power of identification: peer support in recovery from mental illness

Ulla-Karin Schon

doi:10.1080/15017410903478956

The power of identification: peer support in recovery from mental illness

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 12 (2010): Issue 2

By: Ulla-Karin Schon

Open Access

|Jun 2010

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