Validity of child psychiatric screening methods

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Kresanov, K ^a   Tuominen, J ^a   Piha, J ^a   Almqvist, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Epidemiology; ROC analysis; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031850969     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050052     Document Type: Article

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