Citation

Dashiff C, DiMicco W, Myers B, Sheppard K. J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2009; 22(1): 23-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00166.x

PMID

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Abstract

PROBLEM: Poverty and accelerations of inequality, manifested by the increasing difference between the richest and poorest populations, have significant effects on the mental health of vulnerable groups. Adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of poverty. As a time of change and transition for youth and their families, adolescence creates both challenges and opportunities to intervene in the effects of poverty.