Why did she put nail polish in my drink? Applying the therapeutic assessment model with an African American foster child in a community mental health setting

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Guerrero, Brooke ^a   Lipkind, Jessica ^a   Rosenberg, Audrey ^a  

^a WestCoast Children's Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650607484     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.529002     Document Type: Article

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