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Chapter 11 - Supporting a whole-school approach to mental health promotion and wellbeing in post-primary schools in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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
, pp. 112 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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