Examining African American Adolescent Depression in a Community Sample: The Impact of Parent/Child Agreement

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-876

  Breland Noble, Alfiee M ^a   Weller, Bridget ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Depression; Parent child reporting; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866287092     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9547-z     Document Type: Article

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