Correlates of unmet need for mental health services by children and adolescents

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1145-1154

  Flisher, A J ^a   Kramer, R A ^b   Grosser, R C ^b   Alegria, M ^b   Bird, H R ^b   Bourdon, K H ^b   Goodman, S H ^b   Greenwald, S ^b   Horwitz, S M ^b   Moore, R E ^b   Narrow, W E ^b   Hoven, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030777224     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005412     Document Type: Article

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