Rejoinder to Mordock's critique of the Fort Bragg Evaluation Project: The sample is generalizable and the outcomes are clear

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-91

  Bickman, Leonard ^a   Salzer, Mark S ^a   Lambert, E Warren ^a   Saunders, Robert ^a   Summerfelt, W Thomas ^a   Heflinger, Craig Anne ^a   Hamner, Karl ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Mental Health Services; Continuum of Care; Fort Bragg Evaluation Project

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031847259     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022687331435     Document Type: Article

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