Family influences on treatment refusal in school-linked mental health services

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-126

  Keeley, Mary L ^a,b   Wiens, Brenda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cohesion; Family influences; School linked mental health services; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349117273     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9141-6     Document Type: Article

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