What do we know about school mental health promotion programmes for children and youth?

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-224

  O'Mara, Linda ^a   Lind, Candace ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Mental health promotion; Review; School based interventions; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906088991     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2013.811952     Document Type: Article

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