Community-Based Mental Health and Behavioral Programs for Low-Income Urban Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-215

  Farahmand, Farahnaz K ^a   Duffy, Sophia N ^a   Tailor, Megha A ^a   Dubois, David L ^b   Lyon, Aaron L ^a   Grant, Kathryn E ^a   Zarlinski, Jennifer C ^a   Masini, Olivia ^a   Zander, Keith J ^a   Nathanson, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Interventions; Low income; Mental health services; Urban; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867166672     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2012.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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