Context-specific mental health services for children in foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1289-1297

  Leathers, Sonya J ^a   Atkins, Marc S ^a   Spielfogel, Jill E ^a   McMeel, Lorri S ^a   Wesley, Julia M ^a   Davis, Rafe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Foster children; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350261531     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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