Effects of school-based interventions on mental health stigmatization: A systematic review

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schachter, Howard M ^a,b   Girardi, Alberta ^a   Ly, Mylan ^a   Lacroix, Denise ^a   Lumb, Andrew B ^a   Van Berkom, Judith ^a   Gill, Ritu ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 49749092004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-2-18     Document Type: Review

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