Deliberate self-harm behaviour in Swedish adolescent girls reports from public assessment and treatment agencies

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Holmqvist, Rolf ^a   Carlberg, Margareta ^b   Hellgren, Lars ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Classification; Reports from treatment agencies; Self harm

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149031728     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-007-9044-0     Document Type: Article

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