Health promotion using life skills education approach for adolescents in schools - development of a model

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-11

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

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Empowerment; Life skills; Psychosocial competence; School mental health; Secondary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650942385     PISSN: 09731342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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