New Book – Facilitating Parents’ Agency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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  • 17/08/2023

Dr Jenny Brown has a new book “Facilitating Parents’ Agency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Helplessness to Hope”. Available here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-1748-6

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New Book – Facilitating Parents’ Agency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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