Judging mental disorder in youths: Effects of client, clinician, and contextual differences

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Pottick, Kathleen J ^a   Kirk, Stuart A ^b   Hsieh, Derek K ^c   Tian, Xin ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mental health; Clinical judgment; Conduct disorder; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Psychiatrists; Psychologists; Race ethnicity bias; Social workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONDUCT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORKER; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846958080     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.1.1     Document Type: Article

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