The relationship between maternal depression and child outcomes in a child welfare sample: Implications for treatment and policy

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-291

  Leschied, Alan W ^a   Chiodo, Debbie ^a   Whitehead, Paul C ^a   Hurley, Dermot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Maternal depression; Policy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844564417     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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