Strategies to address mental health through schools with examples from China

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-249

  Whitman, Cheryl Vince ^a,c,d,e   Aldinger, Carmen ^a   Zhang, Xin Wei ^b   Magner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a EDC's Health and Human Development Programs   (United States)

^b Institute of Measurement Science of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c EDC Inc

^d EDC's Health and Human Development Programs

^e WHO Collaborating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHER; TEACHING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 45849149298     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260801994649     Document Type: Article

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