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Chapter 2 - Developing and sustaining mental health and wellbeing in Australian schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

By
Louise Rowling
Edited by
Stan Kutcher ,
Yifeng Wei  and
Mark D. Weist
Stan Kutcher
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Nova Scotia
Yifeng Wei
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Nova Scotia
Mark D. Weist
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina
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School Mental Health
Global Challenges and Opportunities
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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