Parental mental health as a child protection issue: Data from the NSPCC national child protection helpline

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-163

  Lewis, Vanessa ^a   Creighton, Susan J ^a  

^a NSPCC Child Protection Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Parental mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992842086     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199905/06)8:3<152::AID-CAR554>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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