Mental health help-seeking and young people: A review

Pastoral Care in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 4-13

  RothÌ, Despina M ^a   Leavey, Gerard ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Help seeking; Mental health; Psychological distress; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448943038     PISSN: 02643944     EISSN: 14680122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0122.2006.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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