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Original articles

Mental Health among Youth in South Australia: A Survey of Flourishing, Languishing, Struggling, and Floundering

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Pages 299-310 | Received 28 Mar 2012, Accepted 28 Mar 2012, Published online: 12 Nov 2020

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