Children of adults with severe mental illness: Mental health, help seeking and service use

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 43-46

  Cowling, Vicki ^a   Luk, Ernest S L ^b   Mileshkin, Cristea ^a   Birleson, Peter ^a  

^a E Hlth Child/Adoles Mental Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 1142291638     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.2.43     Document Type: Article

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