A focus group investigation into young children's understanding of mental health and their views on appropriate services for their age group

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Roose, Gillian A ^a,b   John, A M ^a  

^a W Sussex Hlth/Soc Care NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Children's views; Focus group; Mental health; Service development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

EID: 0345307279     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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