Evaluation and quality improvement in school mental health

Providing Mental Health Servies to Youth where they are: School and Community Based Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 95-110

  Ambrose, Melissa Grady ^a   Weist, Mark D ^a   Schaeffer, Cindy ^a   Nabors, Laura A ^b   Hill, Susan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203890301-12     Document Type: Chapter

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