Childhood depression: Rethinking the role of the school

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-446

  Herman, Keith C ^a   Reinke, Wendy M ^a   Parkin, Jason ^a   Traylor, Karen B ^a   Agarwal, Geetika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 68049124891     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20388     Document Type: Article

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