Who are the comorbid adolescents? Agreement between psychiatric diagnosis, youth, parent, and teacher report

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-245

  Youngstrom, Eric A ^a,b   Findling, Robert L ^a,b   Calabrese, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar spectrum disorders; Children and adolescents; Comorbidity; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038362758     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023244512119     Document Type: Article

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