Self‐Help Plus ( SH +): a new WHO stress management package

Epping‐Jordan, JoAnne E., Harris, Russ, Brown, Felicity L., Carswell, Kenneth, Foley, Claudette, García‐Moreno, Claudia, Kogan, Cary, van Ommeren, Mark·2016·World Psychiatry

DOI 10.1002/wps.20355

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