Reported maltreatment among clinic-referred children: Implications for presenting problems, treatment attrition, and long-term outcomes

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1327-1334

  Lau, Anna S ^a   Weisz, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic referred; Maltreatment; Presenting problems; Treatment attrition; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXAMINATION; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0642335066     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CHI.0000085754.71002.14     Document Type: Article

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