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Help for People with Emotional Difficulties

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Helping Hands

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For certain people, their very existence poses overwhelming difficulties that they find hard to endure. Those who are defeated by relationships and the challenge of everyday life fall by the wayside as emotional casualties: victims of depression, anxiety, phobias or self-harm. Some seek to escape through drugs, alcohol, gambling and even food, which may lead to addiction.

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© 1989 Irene Heywood Jones and Nursing Times

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Jones, I.H. (1989). Help for People with Emotional Difficulties. In: Helping Hands. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10239-6_8

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10239-6_8

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave, London

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