The impact and utility of computerised therapy for educationally alienated teenagers: The views of adolescents who participated in an alternative education-based trial

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 94-102

  Fleming, Theresa ^a   Lucassen, Mathijs ^a   Stasiak, Karolina ^a   Shepherd, Matthew ^a   Merry, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adolescent; alternative education; computerised therapy; consumer views; depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921790432     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cp.12052     Document Type: Article

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