Overview of current trends in mental health problems for Australia's youth and adolescents

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 72-78

  Rickwood, Debra ^a   White, Angela ^b   Eckersley, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescence; mental health; prevalence; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251544415     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13284200701870970     Document Type: Article

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