Current delivery of infant mental health services: Are infant mental health needs being met?

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Macdonald, Elspeth ^a   Mohay, Heather ^b   Sorensen, Debra ^c   Alcorn, Neil ^c   McDermott, Brett ^a   Lee, Erica ^a   Rhind, Janet ^c   Wilson, Sue ^c   Woolcock, Kim ^c  

^a Kids in Mind Research   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infancy; Infant mental health; Mother infant services; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; ADDICTION; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FUNDING; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; MENTAL HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; QUEENSLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33645738595     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02232.x     Document Type: Article

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