Empowering adolescents with life skills education in schools-School mental health program: Does it work

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Srikala, Bharath ^a   Kishore Kumar, K V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; impact; life skills education; psychosocial competence; school mental health program

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPOWERMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOME; HUMAN; LIFE SKILL EDUCATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM; SELF ESTEEM; TEACHER;

EID: 78650933728     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.74310     Document Type: Article

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