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Research Article

The Use of Narrative Data to Inform the Psychotherapeutic Group Process with Suicide Survivors

Ann M. Mitchell The University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Deborah Dysart Gale The University of Missouri Applied Language Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA and The University of Pittsburgh, Department of Communication, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Linda Garand The University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Susan Wesner Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pages 91-106 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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