Therapeutic relationship and dropout in youth mental health care with ethnic minority children and adolescents

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  De Haan, Anna M ^a   Boon, Albert E ^a,b,c   De Jong, Joop T V M ^d,f,g   Geluk, Charlotte A M L ^e   Vermeiren, Robert R J M ^c,e  

^a Stichting de Jutters Hague   (Netherlands)

^b Centre of Orthopsychiatry and Forensic Youth Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^c Acad Ctr Child and Adol Psychiat   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

dropout; ethnic minorities; therapeutic relationship; youth mental health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897622602     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cp.12030     Document Type: Article

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