Practice challenges at the intersection of child protection and mental health

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Darlington, Yvonne ^a   Feeney, Judith A ^a   Rixon, Kylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection; Interagency collaboration; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844597477     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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