Inter-agency collaboration in child welfare and child mental health systems

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Prince, Jonathan ^a   Austin, Michael J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare services; Foster care; Mental health; Mental health services for children

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444436606     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v04n01_01     Document Type: Article

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