The Impact of School Mental Health on Student and School-Level Academic Outcomes: Current Status of the Research and Future Directions

School Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 84-98

  Suldo, Shannon M ^a   Gormley, Matthew J ^b   DuPaul, George J ^b   Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact of school mental health prevention and intervention; Research directions; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016258745     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-013-9116-2     Document Type: Article

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