Online health promotion, early identification of difficulties, and help seeking in young people

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Santor, Darcy A ^a,d   Poulin, Christiane ^b   LeBlanc, John C ^b   Kusumakar, Vivek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent mental health; Health promotion; Help seeking; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33845931060     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000242247.45915.ee     Document Type: Article

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