Preventing Depression in Early Adolescent Girls: The Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition Programs

Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 124-161

  Gillham, Jane E ^a   Chaplin, Tara M ^b   Reivich, Karen ^b   Hamilton, John ^c  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood; Depression; Middle school; Psychological disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650203628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269848.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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