Transitional-Age Youths: Barriers to Accessing Adult Mental Health Services and the Changing Definition of Adolescence

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 462-474

  Mandarino, Kelly ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to services; adolescence; anxiety; depression; mental health; Transitional age youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899740585     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2013.835760     Document Type: Article

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