Identifying the mental health needs of looked after young people

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-382

  Mount, Jenny ^a,d,e   Lister, Andrew ^b,f   Bennun, Ian ^c,g  

^a Hastings CAMHS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Looked After Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Child and Adol Mental Health Team   (United Kingdom)

^e Hastings CAMHS Team   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early identification; Interagency collaboration; Looked after young people; Mental health need; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 3342924134     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104504043919     Document Type: Article

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