Adolescents' willingness to access school-based support for nonsuicidal self-injury

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-276

  Heath, Nancy L ^a   Baxter, Alyssa L ^a   Toste, Jessica R ^a   McLouth, Rusty ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McLouth Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Deliberate self harm; High school; Middle school; Nonsuicidal self injury; School based programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955285095     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573510377979     Document Type: Article

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