Population level assessment of the family risk factors related to the onset or persistence of children's mental health problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-711

  Dwyer, Sarah B ^a   Nicholson, Jan M ^a   Battistutta, Diana ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Checklist; Children; Family risk factors; Mental health; Onset; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FAMILY RISK FACTOR CHECKLIST PARENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041632097     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00156     Document Type: Article

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