Youth violence: A review of risk factors, causal pathways and effective intervention

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-113

  Van Der Merwe, Amelia ^a   Dawes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 35349001216     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/17280580709486645     Document Type: Review

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