Depressed youth: Treatment outcome and changes in family functioning in individual and family therapy

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-23

  Garoff, Finn Ferdinand ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Almqvist, Fredrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health; Depression; Family therapy; Outcome research; Psychodynamic approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856360382     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2011.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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