Factors influencing perceptions of need for and decisions to solicit child mental health services by parents of 9-12 year-old Korean children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Cho, Sun Mi ^a   Kim, Hyun Chung ^a   Cho, Hyun ^a   Shin, Yun Mi ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child; Emotional or behavioral problem; Mental health services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35348869706     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-007-0066-5     Document Type: Article

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