Building research capacity for child and adolescent mental health in Africa

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Omigbodun, Olayinka Olusola ^a,b   Belfer, Myron Lowell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGGRESSION; AUTISM; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KENYA; LIBERIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; SCREENING; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84984782990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13034-016-0119-2     Document Type: Editorial

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