Developing primary mental healthcare for children and adolescents

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-444

  Ani, Cornelius ^a,c   Garralda, Elena ^b  

^a Hounslow Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMHS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health; Identification; Management; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FOSTER CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 20644437110     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000172065.86272.c7     Document Type: Review

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