Parent and Teacher Mental Health Ratings of Children Using Primary-Care Services: Interrater Agreement and Implications for Mental Health Screening

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 347-351

  Brown, Jonathan D ^a   Wissow, Lawrence S ^a   Gadomski, Anne ^b   Zachary, Ciara ^a   Bartlett, Edward ^c   Horn, Ivor ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

agreement; mental health screening; primary care

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FACULTY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33751002332     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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