Intensive outreach in youth mental health: Description of a service model for young people who are difficult-to-engage and 'high-risk'

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1506-1514

  Schley, Carsten ^a   Radovini, Alessandra ^b   Halperin, Steve ^a   Fletcher, Karen ^a  

^a THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assertive Community Treatment; Assertive Outreach; Engagement; High Risk; Intensive Case Management; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960449877     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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