Double whammy? rural youth with serious emotional disturbance and the transition to adulthood

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Heflinger, Craig Anne ^a   Hoffman, Cheri ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349525003     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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