Treatment of School Refusal

Handbook of Interventions that Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 243-272

  Heyne, David ^a   King, Neville J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Mental health professionals; School refusal; Separation anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948738303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753385.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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