Multisystemic therapy with conductdisordered young people: Stability of treatment outcomes two years after intake

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-397

  Löfholm, Cecilia Andrée ^c   Oisson, Tina ^a   Sundell, Knut ^a   Hansson, Kjell ^b  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; Implementation; Multisystemic therapy; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955138125     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426409X478752     Document Type: Article

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