Mental Health of 'Looked after' Children: A Needs Assessment

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-129

  Blower, Aileen ^a,b   Addo, Ama ^a,c   Hodgson, Jessica ^a,b   Lamington, Linda ^a,d   Towlson, Kate ^a,b,d,e  

^a Hawkhead Rd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Academic Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^d Child and Adol Mental Hlth Service   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Children; Mental health; Needs assessment; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0842328436     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104504039176     Document Type: Article

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