Mental health support for youth offending teams: A qualitative study

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-63

  Callaghan, Jane ^a   Young, Bridget ^b   Pace, Francis ^c   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Leics Child/Adol Mental Hlth S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Focus groups; Interagency; Primary mental health workers; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038112312     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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