Developing an interactive website for adolescents with a mentally ill family member

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-364

  Drost, Louisa M ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^b   Schippers, Gerard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescents; internet; mental health; parent illness; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79961092757     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510366281     Document Type: Article

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