Parent, teacher, and clinical ratings on admission to child psychiatric inpatient treatment. A study of cross-informant correlations using the CBCL, Rutter scales, and the CGAS

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Sourander, Andre ^a   Piha, Jorma ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

CBCL; CGAS; Child psychiatry; Cross informant correlations; Inpatient; Rutter scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEACHER;

EID: 0030700241     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039489709090731     Document Type: Article

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