The MacArthur three-city outcome study: Evaluating multi-informant measures of young children's symptomatology

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1580-1590

  Ablow, Jennifer C ^a,g   Measelle, Jeffrey R ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a   Harrington, Richard ^b   Luby, Joan ^c   Smider, Nancy ^e   Dierker, Lisa ^d   Clark, Valerie ^b   Dubicka, Bernadka ^b   Heffelfinger, Amy ^c   Essex, Marilyn J ^e   Kupfer, David J ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Psychopathology; Symptomatology; Young children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 13044275657     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199912000-00020     Document Type: Article

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