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Environmentally contaminated families: therapeutic considerations
P Ellis1, S Greenberg, B C Murphy
1Social Research Institute of New England, Newton, Mass.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The unique stress for families of exposure to environmental toxins is discussed in terms of the physical characteristics of such contaminants and resultant adaptational dilemmas, the agent or cause of the injury, and institutional responses to the contamination. Recommendations for mental health professionals working with contaminated families are presented.