Survival 101: Assessing children's and adolescents' dangerousness in school settings

Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 157-181

  Rappaport, Nancy ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 9644270434     PISSN: 00652008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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