Supporting adolescent emotional health in schools: A mixed methods study of student and staff views in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kidger, Judi ^a   Donovan, Jenny L ^a   Biddle, Lucy ^a   Campbell, Rona ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CURRICULUM; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STAFF; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; ENGLAND; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 72849146955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-403     Document Type: Article

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