Strategies and issues in supporting children whose parents have a mental illness within the school system

School Psychology International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Reupert, Andrea ^a   Maybery, Darryl ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children whose parents have a mental illness; School support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247596365     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034307078098     Document Type: Article

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