Enhancing adoptive parenting: Devising promising interventions

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Rushton, Alan ^a   Monck, Elizabeth ^b   Upright, Helen ^c   Davidson, Mary ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Clinical Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Surrey County Council Educational Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behaviour problems; Maltreatment; Parenting programme; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMPIRICISM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; THEORY VALIDATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 33644851604     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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