'What Do I Have to Come Here for, I'm Not Mad?' Children's Perceptions of a Child Guidance Clinic

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Ross, Niamh ^a,c   Egan, Bridget ^a,b,d  

^a Lucena Clinic   (Ireland)

^b National Educational Psychological Service   (Ireland)

^c CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Prim/Secdry Schools Psychol Serv   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child guidance; Children's perceptions; Critical incident technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0842306920     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104504039175     Document Type: Article

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