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A Holistic Approach to Cope with Depression and Hopelessness for Parents of Special Needs Children

Author(s) -

Ramazan Akdoğan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of early childhood special education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 1308-5581

DOI - 10.20489/intjecse.284594

Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , depression (economics) , psychology , clinical psychology , qualitative research , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics , social science , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science

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