Adolescents' willingness to seek psychological help: Promoting and preventing factors

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 495-507

  Sheffield, Jeanie K ^a   Fiorenza, Erika ^a   Sofronoff, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; barriers; help seeking; mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744285688     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000048064.31128.c6     Document Type: Article

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