Reliability of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths-Mental Health (CANS-MH) scale

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-289

  Anderson, Rachel L ^a   Lyons, John S ^b   Giles, Debra M ^a   Price, Judith A ^c   Estle, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Measurement; Mental disorders; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942522563     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023935726541     Document Type: Article

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