Pathways to Mental Health Services for Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System: A Focus on Social Workers' Referral

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 435-449

  Villagrana, Margarita ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Foster care; Mental health; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549261025     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-010-0215-8     Document Type: Article

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