Assessing depression in latency-age children: A guide for school social workers

Children and Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Woolley, Michael E ^a   Curtis, Hannah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Pepperdine Community Counseling Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Depression; School social work; Self report instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749007398     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/29.4.209     Document Type: Article

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