Adolescents seeking mental health services: Self-reported health risks and the need to talk

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 121-133

  Medeiros, Daniel ^a,b   Kramnick, Leah ^a   Diaz Cruz, Elizabeth ^a   Surko, Michael ^c   Diaz, Angela ^a,b  

^a Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Eating; Headaches; Health issues; Risk; Sleep; Stomachaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444440165     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v03n01_07     Document Type: Article

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