Medicalisation and changes in advice to mothers about children's mental health issues 1970 to 1990 as compared to 1991 to 2010: evidence from Chatelaine magazine

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 416-431

  Clarke, Juanne N ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children's mental health; content analysis; magazine; medicalisation; parenting styles; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883487615     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.802295     Document Type: Article

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