Understanding inner city child mental health need and trauma exposure: Implications for preparing urban service providers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-210

  McKay, Mary M ^a,b   Lynn, Cynthia J ^a   Bannon, William M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHOOL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17644389202     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.201     Document Type: Review

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