Help-seeking for child psychopathology: Pathways to informal and professional services in The Netherlands

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1292-1300

  Zwaanswijk, Marieke ^a,b   Van Der Ende, Jan ^b   Verhaak, Peter F M ^c   Bensing, Jozien M ^c   Verhulst, Frank C ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Health behavior; Mental health services; Psychopathology; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27944443630     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000181038.98712.c6     Document Type: Article

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