Advocacy for children's mental health: A personal journey

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-618

  Knitzer, Jane ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 30444454477     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3404_3     Document Type: Article

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