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Research Article

Psychometric Assessment of the Depressive Cognition Scale in Women Family Members of Adults with Serious Mental Illness

, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN & , DNP, PMHCNS-BC
Pages 483-490 | Published online: 03 Jun 2010

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