Expanded school mental health: Challenges and opportunities in an emerging field

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Weist, Mark D ^a   Evans, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded school mental health; Health care; Quality assessment and improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244465200     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-1330-2     Document Type: Review

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