An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Werner Seidler, Aliza ^a   Perry, Yael ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

implementation; knowledge translation; mental health; policy; practice; translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079795431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00200     Document Type: Review

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