Treatment for children and adolescents with depression: Lessons from a controlled trial

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-212

  Vostanis, Panos ^a   Feehan, Catherine ^a,b   Grattan, Eleanor ^a   Bickerton, Wai Ling ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Oakland's Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cognitive; Depression; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001465774     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104596012003     Document Type: Article

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