Screening for psychopathology in child welfare: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) compared with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)
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عنوان ژورنال: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1018-8827,1435-165X
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0030-y