The establishment of a triage system in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinic in Hong Kong

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 204-207

  Lai, Kelly Yee Ching ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry clinic; Non attendance; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33750446643     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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