Ethical issues concerning participants in community surveys of child and adolescent mental disorders

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-54

  Lépine, Suzanne ^a,b   Smolla, Nicole ^a  

^a Perceptual Neuroscience Lab for Autism and Development PNLab Rivière des Prairies Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Community surveys; Ethics; Mental disorders; Structured interview guides

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0342614899     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370004500107     Document Type: Review

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