"it's like mental torture": Participation and mental health services

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-227

  Lefrançois, Brenda A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best interest principle; Child and adolescent mental health services; Child psychiatry; Children's rights; Coercion; Competence; Compliance with treatment; Medical model; Mental health; Participation; Protectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949135403     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181808X301809     Document Type: Article

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