Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 391-393 , December 2008

Attending to the Voice of Adolescents Who are Overweight to Promote Mental Health

  • Mary Jane Smith

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Mary Jane Smith, PhD, RN, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate and Academic Affairs, West Virginia University, School of Nursing, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, 6417 Health Sciences Center South, PO Box 9640, Morgantown, WV 26506-9640.
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  • Kathaleen Perkins

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.08.001

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 391-393 , December 2008